Transitioning to Online Teaching

Given the effects of natural and social crises that disrupt face-to-face education, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers have been forced to use online tools to provide their students with distance learning. Luckily, with expanding access to online learning technologies, this transition is more possible than it ever has been before. There are many considerations that schools and teachers need to consider when they redesign face-to-face instruction to meet the needs of distance or online learning. This chapter outlines some of the elements of the online learning environment that teachers must address in order to be successful, such as technical professional development, online resources for teacher collaboration, recognition of time and skill constraints, or the “new normal” for education during the coronavirus pandemic, and the role that teacher perceptions and beliefs around technology plays in the classroom.