Faculty fought MOOCs with boiling oil & boulders, claiming education could not possibly be delivered virtually. Now, they’re being forced to do it by force majeure & administrators everywhere are taking note.
3rd order impact of Covid-19: the end of the University as we know it.
3rd order impact of Covid-19: the end of the University as we know it.
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