This advice in The Chronicle of Higher Education deserves a quick read by any instructor who has just moved seated classes to online classes.
"The Coronavirus Has Pushed Courses Online. Professors Are Trying Hard to Keep Up."
"Barrett-Fox issued a call to instructors everywhere: Ditch the fancy technology and intensive demands on students. Don’t rely on real-time-video classes or proctored exams. Don’t assume your students understand, or have access to, the latest technologies. And remember that students’ and professors’ increased responsibilities with work and family mean it’s not realistic to expect the remote-learning transition to be seamless, let alone pleasant.
"Keep it simple. Tell your students you care. Those two messages have been echoed and amplified across higher education in recent days, as professors, teaching-center directors, deans, technology specialists, and others have wrestled with what it takes to move millions of faculty members and students out of classrooms and onto the internet."
Read the full article here:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Coronavirus-Has-Pushed/248299?key=4hnbV5pI8DX5eMPXF6nV_YLrQhkrcFn8VfVyP3pQGkPBYGx03EPJ2EWtCAVFv1AobDF3a3ZZNGIweHQzVEg5Qnplb2owQXVvaWZ3UnJrVWIzRzVxMnZkYWtKbw
#onlineeducation #pedagogy #coronavirus #highereducation
"The Coronavirus Has Pushed Courses Online. Professors Are Trying Hard to Keep Up."
"Barrett-Fox issued a call to instructors everywhere: Ditch the fancy technology and intensive demands on students. Don’t rely on real-time-video classes or proctored exams. Don’t assume your students understand, or have access to, the latest technologies. And remember that students’ and professors’ increased responsibilities with work and family mean it’s not realistic to expect the remote-learning transition to be seamless, let alone pleasant.
"Keep it simple. Tell your students you care. Those two messages have been echoed and amplified across higher education in recent days, as professors, teaching-center directors, deans, technology specialists, and others have wrestled with what it takes to move millions of faculty members and students out of classrooms and onto the internet."
Read the full article here:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Coronavirus-Has-Pushed/248299?key=4hnbV5pI8DX5eMPXF6nV_YLrQhkrcFn8VfVyP3pQGkPBYGx03EPJ2EWtCAVFv1AobDF3a3ZZNGIweHQzVEg5Qnplb2owQXVvaWZ3UnJrVWIzRzVxMnZkYWtKbw
#onlineeducation #pedagogy #coronavirus #highereducation
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