Michael BARR    Department   Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages  , Department of English Studies for Careers    Position   Associate Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2021/03
Type	Academic Paper
Title	The Unintended Consequences of Remote Learning
Contribution Type	Single author
Journal	SELL #37
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Volume, Issue, Page	37(1),pp.29-44
Total page number	16
Author and coauthor	Barr, Michael.
Details	The sudden transition to online learning in 2020 came as a shock to higher education. Institutions around the world scrambled to orient faculty and students to online learning platforms. At Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, the primary platform of instruction was decided to be Microsoft Teams, taking advantage of extant institutional affiliations with the Microsoft Office platform. Available technological options had previously underutilized functionality, and 2020 provided an opportunity to explore their potential in depth. The aim of this paper is to highlight advantages to online, remote, and virtual learning platforms. By explaining and describing the unintended positive consequences of online learning, and by providing details and data, the aim here is to illuminate the path forward as we carry these skills into the future.