Technologies for teaching during a pandemic
Dana M. Barry, Hideyuki Kanematsu, Nobuyuki Ogawa, Paul McGrath
Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on education. As a result of this crisis, instructors world-wide had to quickly adapt and shift to remote teaching. This paper presents and describes technologies (such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Virtual Worlds, etc.) to promote active student learning during a pandemic. It also provides general information about the coronavirus and the learning environment that it created.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceZoomPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMultimediaHuman–computer interactionVirologyPathologyLens (geology)BiologyMedicinePetroleum engineeringEngineeringDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakE-Learning and Knowledge ManagementOnline Learning and Analytics