Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of people’s lives including all forms of education. Online studies and distance learning have become the reality over the globe. This study offers a detailed review of the effectiveness of “traditional” online class activities (online lectures with recordings, video conferencing, and online lab demonstrations) as well as openly-accessed educational resources (digital libraries, collections of the digitized films and videos, free-license software tools, hands-on lab tutorials, and project-development environments and infrastructures) that could be effectively used by instructors and students to enrich the STEM educational activities. The case studies overview the necessity of improving students’ self-study skills, online tutoring, faculty training, new partnerships between academic institutions and high-tech companies, the role of multimedia platforms, and financial-support opportunities. The challenges of unresolved issues (remote internship, constraints of old-style professional certification examinations and learning-outcome assessments, and violations of students’ privacy in Cloud and social-media communications) are addressed.
Presenters
Vladimir RiabovProfessor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rivier University, New Hampshire, United States
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KEYWORDS
Distance Learning, STEM Education, Digital Educational Resources, Virtual Labs, Academic Partnerships, Cloud Computing, Privacy
