This paper deals with the animation potentials of new media technologies which can be used to enrich, stimulate, and reshape learning and teaching.

In England, school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic represented a sudden but relatively long-lasting shock to children's education. During the first lockdown, schools were closed to all but the most vulnerable children and those with key worker parents from 23 March to the end of May;...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a monumental blow to the education of English school children. Over the past 18 months, English school pupils experienced two long periods of nationwide school closures. The first round of universal school closures lasted 10 weeks (from 23 March to 1 June 2020);...