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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Technology enhanced learning in the MENA region

Covid leadership: Increasing capability across a changing digital landscape

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21428/8c225f6e.ba36dd99
Submitted
8 August 2026
Published
15-08-2026

Abstract

Educational leadership has always been closely linked to change and improvement. As Covid-19 quarantine measures brought about sudden changes, the need for leaders to guide and maintain effective instructional practice was pivotal in the success or failure of schools’ online learning provision. This paper details one school’s approach to managing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) that was focused on developing online teaching competency. It discusses the relevance of that experience in planning for a longer-term provision. It warns of the danger of overgeneralizing lessons learned from solutions which were planned quickly during emergency circumstances and applying that to a very different context, whilst highlighting the need for continuous monitoring and evaluation.

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