The Irish Universities Association announced this week that online lectures would still be made available to students in September.... for many, online learning has been a – long overdue – blessing. Not all students can work off the same timetable – because they have a job, because they have a disability or they have a family to look after. Therefore the news this week that at-risk students returning to in-person classes in September would still have access to online learning should be welcomed. The question now, however, is not so much, “how do we move away from online learning?”, but “how do we keep the benefits of online learning while returning to the classroom?”.
