Like many foreigners working as teachers in China, James left the country for the holiday season in late December last year. Little did he know his temporary stay in Manila, with nothing but a smartphone next to him, would become indefinite.
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The Guangzhou school he works for suggested he set up an online learning environment, where the 50-strong classroom he tackles on a regular basis would now have to be “crammed” into a virtual live classroom.
Little did we know his story would be about a month ahead of the curve. At the time of writing, millions of teachers —literally— all over the world scramble to build “lifelike” virtual classrooms, and like James a few weeks ago, feel dismayed at the proposition.
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