Emergency remote teaching vs. online learning

Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Emergency remote teaching vs online learning   This research summary discusses a recently published article comparing emergency remote teaching and online learning (Hodges et al., 2020). Millions of students around the world have been learning remotely since schools and FE providers closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Teachers have been praised for their adaptivity and speed in getting to grips with new ways of distance teaching and providing access to learning for their students. However, this increasingly looks like it could be a longer term situation than first thought - particularly for colleges and universities. It is therefore imperative that educators reflect on the difference between emergency remote teaching (ERT) and carefully planned online learning and consider if, when and how they might transition from the former to the latter. What is online learning vs ERT? Hodges at al. (2020) assert that researchers and teach