Virtual learning ‘here to stay’ in Oklahoma education

Digital finding out abruptly rushed to the forefront of education and learning in the COVID-19 pandemic just after a long time of glimmering as a considerably-off possibility in many Oklahoma universities.  

Now, college leaders say on line education and learning isn’t going wherever. 

Even the tiny Shawnee-place district of Bethel Public Universities intends to continue to keep on line options obtainable to learners, Superintendent Matt Posey explained. 

“It’s right here to continue to be, specifically following dealing with the pandemic,” he explained. “Education won’t be what it was right before, and in get to fulfill the requirements of several pupils it is heading to keep around.” 

Virtual faculties, these as Epic Charter Educational institutions, have existed in Oklahoma for a decade, but for several common faculty districts, implementing on the internet discovering on a popular scale was unlikely to materialize any time shortly. 

At least, which is what they imagined. 

Then, COVID-19 entered the picture and introduced shutdowns with it. A rush to purchase equipment, hotspots and on the web curriculums ensued in 2020 so students could show up at digital courses and complete coursework from household.