Collaboration in Online Learning and Simulation: Lessons for Community Colleges

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented wave of challenges for students, faculty, and staff. In March 2020, a thousand community colleges in the United States shifted to online instruction, which affected around 10 million students. Community colleges are used to responding to their com...

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Published inNew America
Main Authors Palmer, Iris, Love, Ivy
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published New America 03.12.2020
Subjects
Adult Education
Community Colleges
Competency Based Education
Distance Education
Electronic Learning
Federal Programs
Grants
Intercollegiate Cooperation
Labor Force Development
Online Courses
Simulation
Vocational Education
New Mexico
Missouri
Kentucky
Kansas
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented wave of challenges for students, faculty, and staff. In March 2020, a thousand community colleges in the United States shifted to online instruction, which affected around 10 million students. Community colleges are used to responding to their communities during times of crisis. But individual colleges should not have to carry this weight alone. This is not the first time that community colleges have faced a difficult time and shown that a group of institutions can improve access and instruction. Lessons from the last recession can show how to share the burden and improve online learning and simulation through collaboration.