{"id":9684,"date":"2020-03-12T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:27:39","slug":"faqs-about-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2020\/03\/faqs-about-distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs about distance learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We are doing our best to keep up teaching activities on Campus WU for as long as possible. 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