# How virtual learning prepares students for the future that does not yet exist

By [nhauyenhai.eth (💙,🧡)](https://paragraph.com/@nhauyenhai) · 2022-11-20

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_The global pandemic has impacted every inch of society and will forever remain a period that brought about significant challenges for us all. From a global educational perspective, it has challenged the delivery of lessons, examination procedures, physical attendance, and the connections that are formed between all community members within a school environment._

In the time of COVID-19, education systems worldwide were forced to find alternatives to traditional face-to-face instructions. Online learning and virtual schools are becoming increasingly familiar terms. The shift to virtual schooling during the times when schools are closed poses numerous challenges for teachers, students and parents from all around the world.

What if that word ‘challenge’ was seen as an opportunity for growth and reflection, instead of the negative connotations we sometimes associate with this word? Has this period provided us with a catalyst to spring forward into the future, at perhaps a slightly faster pace?

“Yes, they have for now, and for the future. The virtual school experience challenged us as educators to be more agile and enabled us to provide more flexible learning opportunities,” said Ms Stephanie Miller, Deputy Head of Secondary at the British International School (BIS) Hanoi

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