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Leaving a familiar education setting and moving to a new grade or campus is a common back-to-school challenge.

As we head toward a new school year that will be largely remote or hybrid, educators are faced with new challenges: creating safe and healthy learning environments and designing welcoming, engaging experiences that are accessible for all students.

A new school year is upon us, and so are Microsoft Teams updates that will make learning even more collaborative, engaging, and secure.

The Australian Catholic University is ranked among the top 2 per cent of all tertiary institutions and is in the global top ten of Catholic universities. It operates eight campuses in Australia, a ninth in Rome and boasts 35,000 students and around 6,500 staff.

Today’s unprecedented public health and educational crisis is creating enormous challenges for institutions of higher education.

Educators are preparing for the upcoming academic year following a spring in which remote learning became the norm.

We are delighted to share the new paper, “Reimagining education: From remote to hybrid learning,” a collaboration between Microsoft and New Pedagogies for Deep Learning.

With the exponential growth in schools conducting remote learning comes the demand for tools and new ways to ensure all the safety of all students.

For many schools around the world, the shift to remote learning has understandably been an enormous transition with serious challenges along the way.

For weeks now, students and teachers have been settling into the uncharted routine of distance learning. Today I want to thank all of the educators who are connecting classrooms and classmates together in the sudden shift to remote learning.

Over the last few weeks, schools have been working tirelessly to enable distance learning for their students and faculty.

COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people around the world. As Jared and Lily Zheng shared yesterday, the daily routines of millions, including educators and students, have been impacted. And our Microsoft Education team is committed to helping teachers and students stay connected and engaged.