# No back row, no corridor: Metaphors for online teaching and learning

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2020-06-28-no-back-row-no-corridor-metaphors-for-online-teaching-and-learning

The piece uses the absence of a back row and corridor to compare the learning opportunities and support deficits of virtual and physical education.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 28 June 2020

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2020/06/no-back-row-no-corridor-metaphors-for-online-teaching-and-learning/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 28 June 2020
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: online-learning, education, affordances, teaching.

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