E-learning: boosted by the pandemic, where is the teaching method headed?
E-learning or electronic learning is the delivery of education and training through digital resources. While it's not a brand new method, its inclusion across various sectors has been hugely accelerated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At Dubai's GEMS International School, most of the children returned to classes at the start of the new term, but the institution is actually delivering a mix of distance and in-person teaching. Mike Kraher, the school's Head of Mathematics, says it was a learning curve - including for him, personally: "I faced social challenges, to be honest. I missed my students....