Bridges and Mediation in Higher Distance Education: HELMeTO 2020 Editorial: Introduction to the Scientific Contributions

Covid-19 shook and is still shaking the whole world in a short period like globalization and the establishment of the worldwide Internet did over decades impacting all sectors, branches and levels of the society including formal school and higher education and leading to our digital age. This impact is unique in the formal education during the last decades and led to many ad-hoc decisions and changes. The outbreak of Covid-19 has demonstrated the still existing challenges for implementing e-Learning at large scale, also in Higher Education. HELMeTO 2020 is facing similar challenges as it has to be converted into a complete online event. Thus, the international workshop is reflecting it in its title ”Bridges and Mediation in Higher Distance Education” as well as in its program: a special call for Covid-19-related papers led to a record of submissions dealing with the specific demands, current and potential solutions in (higher) education through e-Learning.