Lockdowns are ongoing and more and more unpredictable. Talking about Austria, where I'm living, we just got the third lockdown prolonging until Jan 24th. And, to be honest, I don't think that this is the real date for the expected reopening. I don't want to be a politician at this moment taking decission on the reopening of businesses and schools due to the ever changing evidences of the COVID-19 crises. Fortuntely I'm not a politician, but I'm interested in education and looking forward to fundamental changes in the educational system. It might seem too late and Austrians are well know to "sit things out and waiting for better times to come". And still, I think there are changes worth looking at during these "unnormal" times. Studies on distance learning show, that students are already getting tired of it and are increasingly facing learning difficulties. On the other hand scientists like Christiane Spiel from University of Vienna state, that students are learning so many new … [Weiterlesen...]