Online learning gets its moment due to COVID-19 pandemic: Heres how education will change

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Video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and WebEx are being used heavily as are learning management systems like Instructures Canvas, Blackboard and Google Classroom. In addition, there are enabling software such as Proctorio, a Google Chrome extension that monitors students taking exams online. The only reason that universities and some school districts K-12 have been able to go to remote learning is that the technology stack has evolved a good bit in the last four years. As a parent, I watch my high schooler suffer from sleep deprivation due to sports, starting times and homework load. It is written by a member of ZDNets global editorial board, which is comprised of our lead editors across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

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