At the end of March I shared a view of four phases for higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of remote and online learning. Phase 1 was the spring rapid move to remote teaching, Phase 2 was the summer move to try and add back in the basics of online education, Phase 3 was the chaotic fall, and Phase 4 is the transition to a new normal, hopefully starting in early 2021.
Phase 3 is indeed turning out to be an “extended transition during continued turmoil”.