Moving from emergency remote teaching to digital education in times of pandemic

Abstract

The evolution of technologies and communication networks have brought changes in society, driving the birth of new paradigms, models, educational communication processes and new teaching and learning scenarios. But no one, not even teachers who already adopted online environments in their practices, imagined that such a rapid and emergency change would be necessary, almost mandatory, due to the expansion of the coronavirus. In fact, with the abrupt arrival of the virus, educational institutions and teachers were forced to adopt distance learning practices, emergency remote teaching practices, very different from the practices of a quality digital education. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to present, in a resume way, the basic principles for the design of an online environment, whether with regard to its organization, communication, selection of resources, preparation and evaluation of e-learning activities.