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The effect of remote learning

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How remote learning has affected public and private schools

Remote learning does not involve face to face interaction between the educator and the

students but rather embraces the use of modern technology to meet and conduct lectures online.

The educational tools in most cases involve the use of video conferencing where the students are

seen by the teachers. However, the learning systems have left scores of impacts on both public

and private schools as some have been discussed below. Remote learning has affected public

schools more than private schools

Similar impacts of remote learning to both private and public schools

Both students in private and public schools have gained knowledge of Information

Technology (IT) since remote learning can only happen using the internet and stationaries like

laptops and cellphones. Ability to diversify the usage of phones and laptops not only for

entertainment purposes but also for professional development such as gaining quick typing skills

using laptops, research on educational materials as well as solving problems. This makes the

students develop concepts about what they are studying and become better as they listen to their

professors (Hobbs & Hawkins, 2020). Furthermore, teachers have experienced reduced stress of

moving from their home of residence to the lecture rooms. Remote learning materials can be

easily accessed from home. It has also been easy to explain concepts to the students as students

can be told to download documents to read before and after a certain topic.

Remote learning is expensive as it runs smoothly via the internet only. Many students have

always been lacking stationaries such as laptops to boost their learning leaving a smaller fraction

of the students to benefit from the system. Also, students have become lazy as they are not

supervised on their attendances in the internet classrooms. Teachers in most cases have only the
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basics of using the remote learning tools and therefore needed more episodes for the betterment

of their knowledge of distant teaching. Furthermore, teachers have not been sure whether the

students have understood the concept being taught by them because the habits of trial examples

in most cases are not checked by the professors and left for the frustrated parents to follow up

their children study progress.

How private schools are handling remote learning differs from public schools

Most public schools have resorted to funding for their students to access online learning

materials. Activities such as helping the students with devices to assist them to reach remote

learning have been prioritized. To add on, support has been granted to the information systems to

help survey the student activities during learning periods. For example, preparing questionnaires

that help students give their feedback about their experiences on remote learning. Their answers

are used to inform the faculties on where to improve their teaching habits. Extending hands in

the training of the students and teachers on how to handle the online tools have also been

observed. This backs up the learning process since both parties will be knowing what to do

during the study as well as equip the students with knowledge on how to use their gadgets for

learning purposes other than entertainment (Heitz et al., 2020). The same privilege is not offered

to students in private schools, they have to obtain their finances to access remote learning.

The remote learning tools has been so expensive for a bigger portion of the students who are

not financially buoyant. This brings constraints to their learning because in most cases they end

up missing most of the online classes and are not followed up. Furthermore, the concept of

student’s connections has always not been embraced through remote learning. Students need to

converse face to face and engage in a lot of activities together to make higher education more

important.
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Reference

Heitz, C., Laboissiere, M., Sanghvi, S., & Sarakatsannis, J. (2020). Getting the next phase of

remote learning right in higher education. McKinsey Insights.

Hobbs, T. D., & Hawkins, L. (2020). The results are in for remote learning: It didn’t work. The

Wall Street Journal.