Universities and colleges worldwide have quickly moved campus-based classes to virtual spaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores the impact of this sudden transition of learning and teaching based on experiences and evidence from six institutions across three countries. Our findings suggest that although online and remote learning was a satisfactory experience for some students, various inequities were involved. Many students lacked appropriate devices for practical work and encountered difficulties in securing suitable housing and workspace. Students were stressed, and faculty were, too, especially those in precarious employment. The lack of fieldwork and access to laboratories created special challenges. We are concerned that the lack of hands-on experience could cause a decline in enrollments and the number of majors in geography over the next few years. This issue must be addressed by making introductory courses as engaging as possible. It is too early to determine the extent to which online and remote learning can replace campus-based, face-to-face geography education once the pandemic ends, but the new academic year of 2020–2021 will be revealing. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 crisis has revealed preexisting problems and inequalities that will need our collective effort to address, regardless of the pandemic’s trajectory.

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COVID-19 对高等教育教学的直接影响

由于 COVID-19 大流行，世界各地的大学和学院已迅速将校园课程转移到虚拟空间。本文根据来自三个国家的六个机构的经验和证据，探讨了这种学与教突然转变的影响。我们的研究结果表明，虽然在线和远程学习对一些学生来说是一种令人满意的体验，但也存在各种不公平现象。许多学生缺乏适合实际工作的设备，并在获得合适的住房和工作空间方面遇到困难。学生压力大，教职员工也压力大，尤其是那些就业不稳定的人。缺乏实地考察和进入实验室的机会带来了特殊的挑战。我们担心，缺乏实践经验可能会导致未来几年地理专业的招生人数和数量下降。必须通过使介绍性课程尽可能引人入胜来解决这个问题。现在确定大流行结束后在线和远程学习在多大程度上可以取代以校园为基础的面对面地理教育还为时过早，但 2020-2021 新学年将揭晓答案。尽管如此，COVID-19 危机揭示了先前存在的问题和不平等，无论大流行的轨迹如何，都需要我们的集体努力来解决。一旦大流行结束，面对面的地理教育，但 2020-2021 新学年将揭晓。尽管如此，COVID-19 危机揭示了先前存在的问题和不平等，无论大流行的轨迹如何，都需要我们的集体努力来解决。一旦大流行结束，面对面的地理教育，但 2020-2021 新学年将揭晓。尽管如此，COVID-19 危机揭示了先前存在的问题和不平等，无论大流行的轨迹如何，都需要我们的集体努力来解决。