Home schooling is a temporary fix --- ...I hope, e-learning effectively help maintaining a sense of normalcy as far as school curricula are concerned and in specific cases is the only option, e.g. for remote communities. The 'school of the air' in Australia is a good example. Distance learning is not new, however the combination of e-learning, lock-downs, and social distancing is the killer. It is a major issue in my opinion and the deficit in terms of social and emotional learning will have long term ramifications amongst today's children and teenagers. So to answer Stephanie's question, the issue is not e-learning but the prolonged lack of or limited opportunities for school-aged children/teenagers to grow socially and emotionally in schoolyards.

Source author: Sébastien Monnet sebastien-joel.monnet@eda.admin.ch