Hillary Engelman

In a study, “Survey of Student Perceptions of Remote Teaching and Learning,” by Digital Promise and Langer Research, students cited a lack of interactivity and collaboration as the reasons for their “diminished experience” in remote learning.

The beginning of a school year is as exciting as it is an anxious time for both new and returning students. They are full of questions about what the future holds. This is truer of 2020, when a pandemic has engulfed the entire world. They are looking to your team at the university to offer reassurance and support.

Even before the pandemic, e-learning / online learning was seeing rapid growth, to over $325 billion by 2025. Blended learning as a model — that combines online and offline delivery of courses — was also gaining ground. COVID-19 made online education the only viable option, expediting this even more.

In May, the First Year Experience team at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater teamed up with Involvio to rapidly transition their Warhawks SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, & Registration) program into a robust, remote experience.

A billion students around the world are unable to go to school or college, many of whom have to switch to remote learning. In this article, we look at 5 key challenges with remote learning in the time of COVID-19.

One of the key areas the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford wanted a solution for was better dissemination of information to students. They wanted to make sure students are well aware of...