Emergency Remote Teaching Plan During and After the Covid-19 Crisis: Preparedness and Response of Pandemic Pedagogy as a New Normal Teaching

 Educational Crisis due to CORONA Pandemic has forced to visualize the policymakers and educational institutions to frame Crisis Management Proposal in form of an Emergency Remote Teaching Plan in monitoring, managing emergencies, and keeping all stakeholders ready to face the challenge given by COVID-19 like Disasters. There are evidence-based findings that teachers have realized that digital technologies can keep the learning going on despite suspended class or, whether it’s online or in the classroom. It is also a trustworthy statement that Pandemic Pedagogy or CORONA Education has specified New Normal teaching. The need of the hour is to focus the attention towards insights, tactics, and best practices to face the disaster by digital technologies in supporting proactive and effective mechanism for Education Crisis in Educational institutions. There are some tips and techniques which can strengthen the Crisis Management Proposal in facing any crisis in form of Pandemic Pedagogy.

• There must be clear goals, achievable objectives, and defined learner outcomes with prescribed syllabus and skilled faculty. There must be provisions of admin and faculty roles separately in a face-to-face mode and virtual mode. We must remember that we have to adapt our plans, but stick to our Goals and Principles.

• There should be a strong robust and reliable infrastructure. There must be valid and standardized technical specifications of tools and techniques while using in learning with regard to teacher and student.

• Staff and students will feel comfortable in receiving the information or correspondent in form of strong technical communication channels from 

• Regular Feedback is essential for any successful learning. This may be in form of verbal or written as well.

• Course development consists of videos, e-text, assessments, and discussion forums. It must be having clear standards.

• Evaluation process must valid, standardized, and certified based on a format about the ordinance of the institution  

• Online learning facilitates self-directed learning and self-paced learning. So there must be provisions of taking care of diverse learning styles of students. These learning styles can be in form of audio style, visual style, and audiovisual styles.  

• Collaborative and/or Problem Solving Activities; There must be various activities for learners about collaborative and problem-solving exercises to enhance critical understanding, creativity, communication, and collaboration.

• Examination System must be always ready to have strong delivery mechanisms and ensure effective implementation of assigned Programmes from the Administration front to serve examination related work offline as well as online.

• It is not always possible for officers to physically sign paper and exchange files. There should be training for officers and office staff to learn digital Lirtacy for smooth functioning of office about Digital signing technologies, Data management system. Office work can also be streamlined, accelerated, and tracked efficiently through these efficiencies.

These are some important tips and suggestions while framing the guidelines of Educational Crisis Management and more suitably designing Pandemic Pedagogy to cater to the needs of educational institutions to face any disaster.

(Prof. Vandana Punia, Dean Faculty of Education, Human Resource Development Centre. Guru Jambheshwar University Of S&T, Hisar. She is also the Course Coordinator of National Resource Center, Pedagogical Innovations and Research Methodology.  (MHRD, Govt. of India).