The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been more than a crisis; it has been a global wake-up call to change our paradigms and the way we perceive the world. Not surprisingly, the pandemic has altered the way we interpret the normal as well as the way we live. Normal, by its nature, is a relative term and, presently, we have different derivations of it: Normal, new normal, and next normal. Nevertheless, it is important to always remember that one’s new normal can be someone else's normal, or one’s normal could have hitherto been a new normal for someone else. Likewise, normal and new normal for some can be the next normal for others. These derivations of normal suggest that we are experiencing an unprecedented time, one marked by major shifts in the way we understand and interpret different areas of life, not least of all education, which has and will continue to undergo changes, particularly in the way we teach and learn.

1. Pandemic Diaries:
Ripples in Education
10th Annual MoodleMoot Virtual Conference
August 7, 2021
Ramesh Sharma

2. Normal is a Relative Term
https://danielletchford.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/normal-is-an-illusion-what-is-normal-for-the-spider-is-chaos-for-the-fly/

3. The Great Reset
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1294448/Lawrence-Lessig-All-around-us-are-the-consequences-of-the-most-significant-technological

4. The great natural experiment and the
great onlining:
Emergency remote education
https://www.azquotes.com/

5. Educational sin: CTRL+C / CTRL+V
https://www.azquotes.com/

6. Digital burnout and digital fatigue
Source: pixabay

7. Divide (digital or analog) is an
inherent characteristic of humankind
https://www.azquotes.com/

8. The global online village
https://www.azquotes.com/

9. New learning ecosystems:
Digital transformation,
Digital ecosystems, and
Digital twins
https://twitter.com/vatebra/status/1244952529592598529

10. The year 1984: Digital footprints, privacy
concerns, surveillance, and ethics
https://www.slideshare.net/SeanMichaelMorris/edcrunch-2020-critical-digital-pedagogy-after-covid19

11. Higher education:
The emperor has no clothes
https://libquotes.com/

12. Openness in education as
the new business model
https://www.azquotes.com/

13. Open educational practices in the wild:
Unwitting and unintentional OEPs
https://www.reddit.com/r/EmotionalBadass/comments/gqzv86/if_it_doesnt_open_its_not_your_door/

14. Trauma informed pandemic pedagogy:
Care and empathy
https://www.azquotes.com/

15. All we need is the right mix:
Toward a hybrid and blended modality in
education
https://twitter.com/teachstrategies/status/747161079499886592

16. Becoming the Alchemist
Image: https://www.reddit.com/r/Synchronicities/duplicates/njca0i/when_you_want_something_all_the_universe/

17. Asian Journal of Distance Education
http://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE