Remote LearningWhat the large-scale natural experiment of school closures showed.EducationRemote learning delivers teaching at a distance,synchronously or asynchronously. The 2020 closuresproduced unusually large evidence on what it costs and whatmitigates it.GAP EFFECTwidenedKEY VARIABLEteacher contactAverage learning loss was substantial and measurable.Losses were larger for disadvantaged pupils.Access to a device and quiet space varied widely.Live teaching and recorded lessons performed similarly.Contact with a teacher predicted engagement.Peer interaction was the hardest element to reproduce.LOOK FOR ITThe medium mattered less than whether pupils received explanation,feedback and a reason to turn up.Educational reference. Estimates vary widely by country and measure,but the direction, and the unequal distribution, are consistent.Remote Learninglearnposters.com
Remote Learning — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Remote Learning poster

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.

Remote learning delivers teaching at a distance, synchronously or asynchronously. The 2020 closures produced unusually large evidence on what it costs and what mitigates it.

Educational reference. Estimates vary widely by country and measure, but the direction, and the unequal distribution, are consistent.

Questions about the Remote Learning poster

What’s on the Remote Learning poster?
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Remote learning delivers teaching at a distance, synchronously or asynchronously. The 2020 closures produced unusually large evidence on what it costs and what mitigates it. Average learning loss was substantial and measurable.; Losses were larger for disadvantaged pupils.; Access to a device and quiet space varied widely.; Live teaching and recorded lessons performed similarly.; Contact with a teacher predicted engagement.; Peer interaction was the hardest element to reproduce.; Gap effect — widened; Key variable — teacher contact; The medium mattered less than whether pupils received explanation, feedback and a rea…. Educational reference. Estimates vary widely by country and measure, but the direction, and the unequal distribution, are consistent.
Who is the Remote Learning poster for?
Remote Learning belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning educational technology can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Remote Learning poster?
Read it before remote provision is planned as equivalent to being in a classroom. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Remote Learning belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Remote Learning?
Adaptive Software, Generative AI In Teaching and Digital Natives sit alongside Remote Learning in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adaptive SoftwareGenerative AI In TeachingDigital Natives
Is the Remote Learning poster free to download and print?
Yes. Remote Learning downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Remote Learning poster print at?
Remote Learning is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Remote Learning loses nothing.Printing guide

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