Getting through this first week has been a technology challenge for us all. Navigating Zoom,Canvas and all sorts of teaching and learning challenges. As we begin moving further into the weeks ahead and you begin to feel comfortable working remotely, you might consider some ways […]
This post is the fourth and final post in a series on alternatives to video conferencing platforms like Zoom. We’ve been covering ways to keep teaching outside the comfort of classroom walls and the confines of synchronous online sessions. We’ll be offering some tips […]
Like most of you, I have many and varied thoughts about grades. Even in the best case scenario, grading is a fraught enterprise. Grading during a global pandemic is even more so. Among the many features of grades that make them particularly […]
This post is a guest post by CAT Innovative Teaching Award winner, Carmen Pérez-Muñoz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish. To read more from Carmen, visit her new blog, Dr. Carmen’s Corner. Since writing has always been therapeutic for me, and I sure […]
This post is the third in a series about alternatives to synchronous video conferencing platforms like Zoom. What follows is a wild thought experiment. What it isn’t is an endorsement of a specific pedagogical approach. You might call it speculative pedagogical fiction. […]
Today’s post is a guest post by Megan Regan, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics I am redesigning my courses with three priorities. This semester is teaching everyone new lessons about the world we live in and the fragility of human built systems; we will […]
Transitioning any course mid-semester to a remote setting is hard (understatement of the year!). It may seem especially daunting if the class you are teaching is hands-on, procedural, or performative in nature or if the learning experiences rely on equipment or technology only available in […]
This post is the second in a series on alternatives to live video sessions with students. You can teach the remainder of your course using nothing but email. I’ll repeat: you can teach the remainder of your course using nothing but email… and maybe […]
This post is the first in a series on alternatives to live video sessions with students. At this point it seems everyone has likely spent an inordinate amount of time communicating with colleagues near and far about what in the world we all will […]
So. Your students are scattered to the winds, their textbooks might still be in their dorm rooms, and you have no idea if they’ll have access to reliable WiFi for the 249 Zoom sessions you plan to schedule. What’s a newly-remote teacher to do? Ask […]
