Supporting the continuation of teaching and learning ...

1 Supporting the continuation of teaching and Supporting the continuation of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Annotated resources for online learning Fernando Reimers, Global Education Innovation Initiative, Har vard University Andreas Schleicher, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Jaime Saavedra, The World Bank Saku Tuominen, HundrED. OECD 2020 1. Supporting the continuation of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Acknowledgments This module has been created by Introduction Fernando M.

2 Reimers in collaboration with Vidur Chopra, Alisa Currimjee, Indah For educators, the COVID-19 Pandemic is the World Bank Education Global Practice and Sha ra Z. Dini, Farwa Fatima, Ishita Ghai, Crystal Green, Angela Hernandez, a quintessential adaptive and transformative the organisation Hundred. It presents a first set Yitong Hu, Rachel Hunkler, Susan Kippels, challenge, one for which there is no pre- of online educational resources to support the Hyunjeong Lee, Ana Marcela Lozano, configured playbook that can guide appropriate continuity of teaching and learning during the Aditi Nangia, Siury Pulgar, Aneeqa responses.

3 Education leaders must swiftly design 2019-20 COVID-19 Pandemic with education Rana, Tatiana Shevchenko, Sarah Strader, responses and with specific contexts in mind leaders around the world. The resources were Abdullah Tajwar and Margaret Wang . as the pandemic runs its course. This brief compiled from responses to the same survey used discusses the second module of a series which to produce the first module, and additional online presents the results of a comparative analysis of sources were included to enhance the list in order emerging educational needs and responses as to support the continuity of learning for students the pandemic unfolds across countries around the who have access to the internet and digital world.

4 The overall goal of this series is to facilitate devices. the rapid design process and implementation of adaptive responses to the emerging education Subsequent modules will include a curated challenges, and to protect young people's catalogue of radio and educational television educational opportunities during and following the resources, and a module to guide the pandemic. implementation of effective education responses. The first module, published end of March 2020 We hope these resources help those collaborating A framework to guide an education response across institutions and countries in the important to the COVID-19 Pandemic is a tool to support and urgent task of Supporting students' opportunity education leaders based on a cross-national to learn during this challenging crisis shared survey conducted between the 18th and 27th of among humankind.

5 March 2020. The survey assessed educational Fernando Reimers, Global Education needs, priorities, implementation challenges and Innovation Initiative at the Harvard emerging responses, and was the first of a series of surveys to monitor the evolution of responses to Graduate School of Education emerging needs in the education sector. Andreas Schleicher, OECD. This second module is a collaborative effort Jaime Saavedra, The World Bank between the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Saku Tuominen, HundrED.

6 The OECD's Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD 2020 2. Supporting the continuation of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic An annotated selection of online resources Supporting education continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic As the COVID-19 Pandemic runs its course, many incorporating some of these resources into their plan, governments are implementing measures that limit the or using them as a model to develop their own online number of people congregating in public places. Such educational materials.

7 Measures have disrupted the normal functioning of schools and universities. Because the duration of such This annotated selection is based on the March 2020. measures has been extensive and is likely to continue survey responses from 333 participants in 99 countries. in some countries for a certain time until a vaccine We asked a range of stakeholders to identify online becomes available leaders of public and private educational resources that they had found helpful education institutions have put in place alternative in Supporting education continuity up to that point.

8 Methods for students and teachers to continue with Nineteen former master's students from the Harvard their lessons when attending school is not possible and Graduate School of Education, with experience are working on methods that will make schools fit for ranging from teachers, teacher coaches, developers working in a safe environment. of professional development programmes, education administrators and researchers were asked to analyse Although students with access to digital devices and these resources. They are highly qualified education internet may not be the majority in most countries, experts whose professional judgement I trust and value.

9 Supporting governments in establishing effective Furthermore, I greatly appreciate the fact that they gave forms of online education will free up institutional their time for this global public good project. capacities and resources in order to redirect their focus on delivering alternative learning methods for those The team met to discuss the criteria to assess these students who do not have similar opportunities. This resources, and then went through them one by one. annotated selection of online educational resources In addition to classifying each resource by type, intended for students, teachers and parents, aims to language, subject and grade level, the team provided support governments and other education leaders as a summary and rated the resources on a scale from they research and assess different ways to continue one to five, with five being the highest.

10 In addition, educating students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. when possible, the instructional resources were coded It can be used by those designing or improving upon in terms of which competencies they were designed a plan for education continuity, by either directly to develop, using a taxonomy from an empirical OECD 2020 3. Supporting the continuation of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic literature review on competencies needed for work 3. Tools: These include tools that can Reference and life produced by the National Research Council help manage teaching and learning , such as in the United States.