Supporting Teachers in the Transition towards Distance Education: Challenges and Means

Abstract

During the lockdown as a result of the pandemic, it became necessary to deploy distance education in many countries, at all levels of education. This article presents the creation of a training course aimed at helping teachers to shift from in-person classes to distance learning. It highlights the issues and challenges encountered and pinpoints the first observable impacts of this course, as well as in-progress and upcoming developments

Keywords

• distance education
• online learning
• pandemic
• transition