This open access book focuses on making the transition from in-person classroom education to
other feasible alternative modes and methodologies to deliver education at all levels. The book
presents and analyzes research questions to explore in this arena including pedagogical issues
relating to technological and infrastructure challenges teacher professional development
issues of disparity access and equity and impact of government policies on education. It also
provides unique opportunities and vehicles for generating scholarship that helps explain the
varied educational needs perspectives and solutions that arise during an emergency and the
different roles educational institutions and educators may play during this time. Developed
from a highly successful Presidential Session at the annual meeting of the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) this edited volume presents AECT and its
membership as the premier organization focusing on the provision of educational communications
and technology leadership. In addition it functions as a contemporary document of this global
crisis as well as a rich resource for possible future emergency scenarios in the educational
arena.
