Understanding and Bridging Gap in Multi-mode Digital Learning during Post-Pandemic Recovery

COVID-19 pandemic had changed the world-wide education landscape as the whole society is adapting to the “new normal.” We orgainised a special issue collecting research papers that shed insights on how teaching and learning designs will be affected, and how novel educational technologies will help in a fast post-pandemic recovery. 26 papers were received but only 11 papers were finally selected to publish, after two rounds of rigorous reviews. This editorial note discusses the background, quality management and thematic topic groups of the papers.