One educational outcome from this pandemic is a global reflection on how students engage in their learning. As they moved into the digital classroom, teachers and students were forced to adapt to a changed environment that has had an impact on technological skills but also creativity.
This creativity is driven by a need to keep students engaged and ensure that even if the access to learning is online, it is meaningful. However, this is not just a proviso for the online classroom, it is also an underlying principle of 21st-century learning.
This holistic approach is all about making connections, so that courses are no longer content-driven; instead students are engaged with the world around them. It gives our teachers a chance to seize that teachable moment and put the learning into context.