In this episode of Dare to Disrupt, Dare Pitan is joined by Clive Gibson to reflect on what it meant for schools to move online overnight, focusing on real leadership decisions made under pressure where some teachers had little or no prior experience of teaching online, with a clear priority to focus on people and ensure no student or teacher is left behind.

Clive shares that the immediate response was to support and ensure that students felt connected despite being spread across different countries, time zones and home environments, where inclusion moved beyond access and became about presence, consistency and wellbeing, with students needing to feel seen, supported and part of a learning community during uncertain times.

A key theme throughout the discussion is that effective online teaching is less about the technology and more abo ...