Outlining the Educational Achievement of a Greek Online School during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The suspension of schools’ operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020-2021 academic year led to the establishment of an Emergency "Online School" for students having serious illnesses, who were deemed to be vulnerable. In detail, vulnerable students were supported by teachers who were also facing serious health problems and were also deemed to be vulnerable. Innovative teaching methods such as blended learning and synchronous and asynchronous e-learning were implemented in the Online School. The Online School aimed at offering active learning experiences to students. This paper focuses on the operational and organizational characteristics of the Online School, directing attention into the implementation of Blended Online Learning and its reverberation at the students and teachers involved. ?Appropriate open-ended interviews were conducted to assess the success of the entire Online School expedient. It is important to underline that favorable comments were made by both students and teachers on the Online School Implementation.