Lockdowns, social distancing, and COVID safe hygiene practices have rendered the usual face-to-face course delivery options all but impossible for many higher education institutions worldwide. A forced transition to online learning has been the only viable option for preventing a wholesale closure of many institutions. The aim of this study is to identify the role of educational technologies in the transition from face-to-face to online teaching and learning activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper identified five challenges to transitioning to online education experienced by higher education institutions: synchronous/asynchronous learning tool integration, access to technology, faculty and student online competence, academic dishonesty, and privacy and confidentiality. From the studies examined in this literature review, strategies for successful online implementation were also noted. These included: providing e-learning training support for faculty and students, fostering online learning communities, and expanding traditional face-to-face course delivery to incorporate more elements of blended learning. A Technology Enhanced Learning Hub that encapsulates the learning process within a modality-neutral learning space is presented as a suggested framework for delivering higher education programs in this challenging environment.

封锁、社交距离和 COVID 安全卫生习惯使得通常的面对面授课选项对于全球许多高等教育机构来说几乎是不可能的。强制过渡到在线学习是防止许多机构大规模关闭的唯一可行选择。本研究的目的是确定在 COVID-19 大流行期间教育技术在从面对面到在线教学活动的过渡中的作用。本文确定了高等教育机构向在线教育过渡所面临的五个挑战：同步/异步学习工具集成、技术访问、教师和学生的在线能力、学术不诚实以及隐私和保密。从这篇文献综述中研究的研究来看，还提到了成功在线实施的战略。其中包括：为教职员工和学生提供电子学习培训支持，培育在线学习社区，并扩大传统的面对面课程交付，以纳入更多混合学习元素。一个技术增强的学习中心将学习过程封装在一个模式中立的学习空间中，作为在这个充满挑战的环境中提供高等教育课程的建议框架。