A friend told me over the weekend that he sat in on one of his son’s “remote learning” days during the glorified flu lockdown. He sat through three hours of absolute nonsense and then reached over and shut off his son’s computer. His kid freaked out and said he’d get a worse grade because they are graded on being logged on. My friend told him that it didn’t matter because they were going to start homeschooling the next day.
> He [a student] sat through three hours of absolute nonsense… <
Fortunately, I was an able to retire before remote learning became a thing. I taught high school chemistry and physics. I really don’t know how I could teach those subjects remotely, and still be effective.
Better that a student should log in, then go through a review/learn computer program on the subject. Then if the student gets stuck or has a question, the teacher is summoned and gives a deeper explanation.
Some college courses are taught that way now.