Even post-pandemic, virtual learning may become a bigger part of college life
Author: Ray Schroeder
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The unparalleled challenges of a global pandemic have brought big changes to college campuses. But one adjustment schools have had to make — moving to more virtual learning — may be here to stay. “I think it’s the present of college and I think it’s the future,” said Kristin Sobolik, chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Education in general was moving in that direction before COVID-19, but the pandemic forced institutions to pivot much more quickly, Sobolik said. And in a lot of cases, educators are finding that flexible online learning works as well or better than face-to-face instruction, she said. “I’m not sure that it’s going to go back to the way it was,” she said. “I think that frankly, COVID has changed the landscape of our nation and particularly higher ed.”