After assessing the global COVID-19 outbreak for months, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it to be a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Lockdowns and stay-at-home protocols have disrupted work, school, and the delivery of public services. Temporary school closures have been estimated to affect around 70% of the global student population (UNESCO, n.d.). In its wake, schools and districts scramble to maintain the continuity of learning amidst threats of extending school closure.
The seemingly simple and immediate solution is to conduct school remotely using online resources (CoSN, 2020). For instance, countries that were the first to be heavily impacted by the virus, such as China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran, have already shifted to temporary homeschooling via online educational tools and platforms (Tam & El-Azar, 2020).
