UNESCO learning cities' responses to COVID-19
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) called on its network of 229 UNESCO learning cities to provide insights into their particular handling of the situation. During a UIL webinar series in 2020, they jointly developed strategies and exchanged information about good practices to ensure that learning did not stop.
In our new publication Snapshots of learning cities’ responses to COVID-19, we showcase local responses to COVID-19. The UNESCO learning city of Shanghai, People's Republic of China, provided one of them.
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
The Lifelong Learning Cloud’s programmes
Mr Ni MinjingDeputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Project development Stage 1
The first stage, from January to February 2020, was launched as an immediate response to the public health emergency. Businesses and schools had to close their doors and, to meet the learning demands of the elderly, Shanghai integrated various top-quality learning resources in building the Cloud Classroom.
Project development Stage 2
Project developmentStage 3
Professor Jiacheng LiDirector of the Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Learning
Challenges: Technology and interactions
In addition, the lack of teacher-student interaction in the pre-recorded online courses was problematic; this was eventually solved via the introduction of live online courses.
Challenges: Continuity
There is ongoing research and exploration on how to further respond to this challenge.
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