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Abstract：
A Massive-Open-Online-Course (MOOC) on death and dying (Dying2Learn) was offered in 2020, designed to build conversations about death as a natural part of life. In week 1, the content focused on how today\'s society engages with death through the language we use, humour, public mourning and funerals. This study investigated 2020 MOOC participants\' responses to an online activity reflecting on funerals and memorials during the time of COVID-19. From this activity, n = 204 responses were analysed qualitatively. Themes included the positives and negatives of virtual funeral attendance (e.g. opportunity to have a way to participate when travel barriers existed, versus a sense of impersonal voyeurism); and the challenges related to the inability to physically comfort the bereaved due to physical distancing requirements. Comments made as part of this MOOC activity provide a unique insight into the community\'s experience of funeral changes necessitated by COVID-19, with important implications for the grieving process.
摘要：
2020年提供了关于死亡和死亡的大规模开放在线课程（MOOC）（Dying2Learn），旨在建立关于死亡作为生活自然一部分的对话。在第1周，内容集中在今天的社会如何通过我们使用的语言参与死亡，幽默,公众哀悼和葬礼。这项研究调查了2020名MOOC参与者对一项在线活动的反应，该活动反映了COVID-19期间的葬礼和纪念活动。从这次活动中,n=204的反应进行了定性分析。主题包括虚拟葬礼出席的积极和消极(例如，当存在旅行障碍时，有机会有一种参与的方式，相对于非个人的偷窥感）；以及与由于身体距离要求而无法使丧亲者身体舒适有关的挑战。作为这项MOOC活动的一部分，发表的评论为社区对COVID-19所必需的葬礼改变的体验提供了独特的见解，对悲伤的过程具有重要意义。
