How is online learning faring as schools close amid virus outbreak?

As schools transition to online learning to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Luis Moreno, a modern foreign languages teacher who has taught in international schools in the UK and overseas, shares tips to help teachers teach remotely. In this commentary, Moreno suggests adopting cloud tools, exploring flipped learning and ensuring familiarity with the tools…

Schools in China and elsewhere, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Vietnam, have adopted online education to avoid a disruption in learning while schools are closed amid the coronavirus outbreak. Lee Shawver, who teaches at Qingdao Amerasia International School, says the transition has been hard on students -- some are bored, others lonely -- and…