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    Alternative EDUCATION

    Aug 25, 2020 5 minutes
    By Skye Sherman

    The year is 2020 and education is evolving at a more rapid pace than anyone anticipated. Count it among this year’s many forced evolutionary leaps: Virtual learning is no longer a crutch but a commodity. In place of classrooms and books, there are Zoom links and PDF downloads; inperson camaraderie is bowing to internet etiquette. While change is often unsettling, it doesn’t have to be distressing.

    “There’s a shift happening to make learning online more impactful,” says Shana Ostrovitz, executive director of 1909, a community incubator based in downtown West Palm Beach. “Up until this point, virtual learning has been very lecture-based: People tune in and listen. People had recorded webinars they could use all the time. I don’t think that works right now. Virtual learning has to adapt to what

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