Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources For Online Learning

Education will continue to be dominated by technology for the foreseeable future. The rush to respond to the health concerns of the pandemic led to a mass adoption of hybrid and remote online learning tools, without the careful consideration and placement within a conceptual framework that would have occurred prior to adoption in best practices scenarios. As the education field reflects and moves forward, this book can help by highlighting cases in remote or hybrid learning that were successful, despite the rushed nature of the change.

This book evaluates and describes successful initiatives in remote and hybrid learning for early childhood through college and job training levels. Digital technologies promote project-based learning and facilitate engagement in the curriculum, however, previous studies of technology integration have shown that it is most effective when integrated into an existing curricular purpose and utilized within a strong conceptual framework of combined academic and technological goals. During the pandemic disruption, remote and hybrid tools were adopted rapidly and often without the benefit of such careful utilization. This book provides an opportunity to conduct that careful consideration in the past tense, looking at what worked during the disruption so that successful practices may be considered for the future. The case studies contained within this book provide an opportunity for scholars, teachers, and stake holders in education to examine and learn from examples of successful instruction utilizing digital tools for remote and hybrid learning.