The novel coronavirus pandemic has【C1】_____the education of about 300 million students across the world. Over 160 countries have shut down schools nationwide, which【C2】_____the pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge on the education system, and could change our idea of education from in-person teaching in brick-and-mortar classes on campuses to online classes.

The education-related problem was not deferred for very long. In China, in two to three weeks, solutions to those problems, from the local to the national levels, started【C3】_____. With more cities in the United States reporting an increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, the provost of Stanford University【C4】__the cancellation of all in-person class meetings, and said classes that required in-person instruction【C5】__to the online format. And the University of Washington took the same action. 【C6】__, it takes three basic elements to move an entire school or university online: determination, broadband and broadcast. So there is a high possibility that more educational institutions, including universities, will shift to online teaching to【C7】_____” normal” classes.

Could the【C8】_____shift to online education also【C9】__a paradigm shift? Is online education sustainable, at least parallel to normal school teaching? And can it fundamentally change the nature of school teaching? Or will online teaching【C10】_____with the end of the pandemic? Only an in-depth, long-term research can give us the correct answers.

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