Crowd-based Open Online Education as an alternative to the Covid-19 educational crisis

Abstract

The suspension of face-to-face classes in universities and schools derived from the current health crisis related to Covid-19 has prompted a process of migration of academic activities to virtual environments. This has revealed a general lack of understanding in both the family and academic environments regarding the relationship between distance and virtual Education, generating tensions between families and educational institutions. This article presents some theoretical insights about Open Educational Practices (OEP) from an emerging perspective by revising their connections with Distance Education and E-learning. The current international discussion on OEP is mainly focused on technological integration and expanding free access to knowledge, while today’s inter-connected world requires more flexibility, sharing, collaborative feedback and autonomy in learning. A fresh perspective on Open Educational Practices based on the participation of students in crowd-based collaborative learning communities is proposed as an alternative to face in-house confinement context challenges.

Online Education During the Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Besides, these activities should be evaluated by educational technology experts. Also, it is recommended to go beyond fixed pedagogical frameworks to exploit the productive capacities of adaptive teaching [141]. Pazos et al, (2020) in their research at universities in Spain, instead of developing a teaching methodology that can take advantage of all the advantages of virtual learning due to immediate transformation, standard methods used for face-to-face learning have been shifted to the online world, and therefore difficulties have been experienced.…”