This report compiles the guidelines, recommendations, and measures implemented by various Uruguayan institutions of higher education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also highlights some noteworthy examples of emergency remote learning, such as the case of Universidad ORT Uruguay.
It was conducted by Andrea Tejera, academic coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management and the Master’s in Trainer Development; by Mariela Questa-Torterolo, graduate-level instructor and associate academic coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management and the Master’s in Trainer Development at Universidad ORT Uruguay; and by Dora Sajevicius, graduate-level instructor at the Institute of Education.
Other contributors to this chapter include Alejandra Capocasale and Karina Nossar (Council for Education Training), María Inés Vázquez (Elbio Fernández Institute for Teacher Training), and Paola Marenco (Catholic University of Uruguay).
“Lessons Learned and Best Practices Regarding the Pandemic in Higher Education in Uruguay” appears in the book *Higher Education and the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Ibero-America*, edited by Joaquín Gairín Sallán and José Luis Muñoz Moreno, and published by theNetwork for Educational Management Support(RedAGE).