Considering all the misfortunes of Covid-19, which took over almost the entire world within a few months, it is a bit indecent to talk about its benefits. However, one of them is the transfer of a large part of the initiatives to the internet and thus wider access to them.

For people involved in education, this situation caused, or maybe accelerated (?), a number of questions about distance learning and related tools, methods, forms of communication and effects.

This blog is created to share my reflections on my participation in the Open Network Learning course . I found myself there thanks to my participation in the International Training Week in May 2020, which – as a result of the pandemic situation turned into virtual – was focused on issues related to distance learning. The Training made such an impression on me that after the first day (and for a while) I was able to admit that online learning is better than traditional. There is still a need to deepen reflection on this issue.

The last six months have shown that the use of online tools for teaching to a greater extent is possible and even necessary. The school changes, the university changes. Some of these changes will surely stay with us for longer. It depends on us, the teachers, and on our openness how effective the new teaching will be. And this requires us to be open and work on our own workshop. Open Network Learning course makes this possible.

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