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How viruses and violence will change the way we deliver education

12 March 2020 - 07:00 By jonathan jansen
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The writer says teaching via online platforms is set to replace the face-to-face model entirely.
The writer says teaching via online platforms is set to replace the face-to-face model entirely.
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Two crises, one local and one global, point to a very different future for education on the planet.

The upshot is that teaching via online platforms is set to replace the face-to-face model entirely, for one simple – economic – reason.

 

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