In spring 2020, more than 1,300 universities and colleges across the US cancelled their in-person classes or shifted to online-only instruction. This led to valuable lessons in boosting student engagement by pairing educational technology with intentional design. While the opportunity to return to in-person classes is welcome, remote instruction should not now be cast aside or stigmatised as “less than”. Academics should continue to harness the benefits remote learning can bring to student engagement and flexibility alongside in-person teaching.
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