{"id":2397,"date":"2020-03-24T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2022-06-06T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:11:22","slug":"learning-as-i-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/2020\/03\/24\/learning-as-i-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning as I Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k7c183dk-3eabfba7dcaaae229e4c31fc086a891a\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-k7c183dk-3eabfba7dcaaae229e4c31fc086a891a__0 .avia-caption-title{\nfont-size:50px;\n}\n#top .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-k7c183dk-3eabfba7dcaaae229e4c31fc086a891a__0 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style='padding-bottom: 21.961932650073%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-k7c183dk-3eabfba7dcaaae229e4c31fc086a891a__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-k7c183dk-3eabfba7dcaaae229e4c31fc086a891a__0 caption_fullwidth caption_center'><div class=\"container caption_container\"><div class=\"slideshow_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2 class='avia-caption-title '  itemprop=\"name\" >QUESTROM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>COVID-19 INFORMATION &amp; RESOURCE CENTER<br \/>\nRemote Teaching Tips from Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2256 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2256\"  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av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2397'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k7c0tk5h-b1f3ee3ed7c4aea06c75f2a1efc4c688\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-k7c0tk5h-b1f3ee3ed7c4aea06c75f2a1efc4c688 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k7c0tk5h-b1f3ee3ed7c4aea06c75f2a1efc4c688 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #a71930\">Learning as I Go<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW201776241 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201776241 BCX7\">How one professor new to virtual teaching is making the unexpected, all-at-once transition to online course delivery, courtesy of COVID-19.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW201776241 BCX7\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>March 24, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3s6apa-1fd6a4cdaf6cd0d42869020337ece5e6\">\n.flex_column.av-3s6apa-1fd6a4cdaf6cd0d42869020337ece5e6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3s6apa-1fd6a4cdaf6cd0d42869020337ece5e6 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k7bzag4t-b35630d12a1d39063e96ece2f73d5659 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><em>From Matt Marx, Dean&#8217;s Research Scholar and Associate Professor of Strategy &amp; Innovation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many of you<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0reading this probably have more experience teaching online than I do\u2014which<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, for me,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is none. Well, that\u2019s not entirely true. A few years back a friend asked me to fill in for a few lectures at a faraway university. But\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0first day of online-only instruction went so poorly that the university paid to fly me out\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to its campus<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for the second session!<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, as you can imagine,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in March, when faculty at Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business in Massachusetts learned that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0we would have to deliver\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0courses for the semester online<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was filled<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with fear. Would it be another disaster? Or would\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0students, many of whom had been told not to return to campus from spring break, have a bit more patience?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The anxiety kept me up all night before the first class.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It may seem strange that\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BizEd<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">asked\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">someone like\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">me, with so little experience<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0teaching online<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, to write this column. At first<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I declined. But\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">then I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">realized that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0many of us being thrown into\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201ccold<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so to speak<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it might help\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">others to hear from someone who\u2019s also<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0figuring it out as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0goes.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I recently chronicled my experience\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marxmatt\/status\/1237616274999398400\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">in a Twitter thread<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which I\u2019ve\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">expanded on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0below<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Here are a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">few things I\u2019ve learned in the first week.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I taught a 3-hour class to a group of students I already knew as well as an 8-hour class to a new group of students.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Take\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Every Chance to Connect<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When we teach in a physical classroom, often\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our course is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">scheduled<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0back-to-back\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with the one\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">just before it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and little time in between<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0arrive just as the previous class finishes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and we try<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to set up our slides and materials as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">students file in.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In those first few moments, we\u2019re trying to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0answer their questions while\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arrange<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our materials<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which makes it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hard to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">truly connect with them<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Ditto<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0once class is over<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and we\u00a0have to\u00a0clear out of the classroom as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the next professor shows up.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One great thing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I\u2019ve found<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0about online instruction is that beginnings and endings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of my course\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">less constrained. For my first\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">online class,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I logged on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zoom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0conferencing, the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">platform our university is using for online course delivery,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20 minutes\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ahead of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my course\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">start time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. To my surprise, half of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0students were already there!\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That meant we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0had a good chunk of uninterrupted time to talk about the unprecedented week they had just had<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I was able to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0answer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0their<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0questions about the switch to the new format<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and respond to their concerns<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other professors might\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">suggest starting the meeting with all the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">students\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">microphones<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">muted, but if\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019ve found that if my students and I are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">going to show up early<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0why not leave the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mic on and take the time to interact<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I can always<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mute when the class officially starts.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another way to connect is to use\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">breakout rooms.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These online space<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0are typically viewed as ways<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tudents<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to accomplish small-group exercises<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. But I\u2019ve discovered that breakout rooms<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">another significant<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0advantage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0enable students to talk with each other<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In a physical classroom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">students<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0can see each other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and chat when\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the professor\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0back is turned<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but that informal interaction is harder to come by online.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using Zoom, I can mimic that direct interaction with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0breakout rooms,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sending them any<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0instructions for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their designated breakout<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0activities directly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, rather than via an email to the entire class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0But you\u00a0have to\u00a0enable file-sending in Zoom, as shown below:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2399\" src=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM.png 924w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.49.54-PM-705x430.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Standing Instructors Are Preferred<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019ve learned something else that surprised me. I\u2019ve always thought that the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0default<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">method\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for a professor to teach an online course<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was to sit\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at a computer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, wearing a headset while speaking into a microphone<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In that posture, I thought the professor\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">would\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">write<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0an iPad or\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a piece of paper\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0overhead document camera. I\u2019m sure\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that would work.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, I found that my students liked it better when\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stood up<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">during our entire synchronous course; they liked it when I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in front of a whiteboard, writing on it just as I would during an in-person class.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To accomplish this,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I used a standing desk\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that brought<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the webcam\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0eye level<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pinned a wireless lapel microphone to my jacket. More than one student said they found the approach more \u201cclassroomy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here\u2019s a picture of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my setup below.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2400\" src=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM.png 933w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.50.54-PM-705x484.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Note however, that I was teaching from my office last week. We just received notice that non-essential businesses will be closed, so I\u2019ll be doing tomorrow\u2019s class from home. Teaching from home makes this suggestion more difficult to implement, and especially complicated for those who have young children.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Time Zones Are Tricky<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At Boston University,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at least,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">students<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0were asked not to return to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dorms after spring break. Those who did\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">anyway\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were later told to evacuate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the premises<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(exceptions were made<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, of course, in cases of hardship<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">). Most students returned home<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which for many of them was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">out of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">countr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Several of my students relocated from campus<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the other side of the globe.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before our first online course meeting, I received a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0couple of panicked emails from students for whom my class would start at 3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a.m. local time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 So,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I sent out a pre-class survey simply to ask the local time for each student. I was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">surprised<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to learn that one-fifth of my students\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were in locations that had more than ten hours\u2019 difference from local Eastern Standard Time!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn\u2019t think it reasonable to ask<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0them to log in after midnight (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">though to my surprise some did for the first class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I made sure to give a shout-out to those students who went the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">extra mile, which also helped their classmates to understand how complicated class was for some of them. Because I grade attendance and class participation, I had to come up with alternatives<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Because there were so many faraway\u00a0students\u00a0I offered a separate \u201csection\u201d if they could agree on another time, but that proved too complicated. Instead, I offered to let them do write-ups about the material for that day (submitted\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">before<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0class starts) and most have taken that option.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In So<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">me Ways, Class Participation Is\u2026Easier<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My biggest worry about going online was replicating the classroom dynamic. To my surprise,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the class dynamic has turned out\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rather well.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For one,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am terrible at memorizing names, and not everyone brings their nametag<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. One<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0surprising benefit of online instruction is that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">students<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0type in their name<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0when logging in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I\u2019ll\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">never forge<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a name<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in this\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">format<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I also have been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">impressed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0at<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0how\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">engaged my students are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At first, when I posted open-ended question<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I thought I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">would need to do a lot of cold calling<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which I generally avoid<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, as I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">do not want to embarrass anyone.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0But\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has not been necessary. Students have been quick to use the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">raise hand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">feature<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to answer every one of my queries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That said,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I also soon discovered that for class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0participation to work<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0everyone needs to have their video feed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u2014students who log in using an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0audio-only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0connection cannot have the same experience<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Not that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">audi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can\u2019t<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0work<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014for instance, o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ne of my students had a broken<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0webcam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, so we had to do a role-play exercise together in that format. But when there\u2019s only a few of us logged into the course with video fee<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ds,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">feels\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as if we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">staring into the abyss.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For that reason, I\u2019ve quickly learned that it\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0important to give everyone a heads-up\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that I want them to participate with their video feeds on\u2014otherwise,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they might not be read<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in terms of the room they are in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or how they are dressed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Zoom conferencing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, course participation\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is as simple as students pressing the \u201craise hand\u201d button. I can see\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at a glance\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who wants to say something, almost more easily than in a live classroom where I might have to scan around the room.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am training myself<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to remember to have them put their hands down when moving to a new topic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014otherwise I could be looking at<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0old comments<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014but that\u2019s not been difficult<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technology Is Your Friend<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019ve also<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0learned that a little attention to technological setup\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ensure students receive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the ideal participation experience.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For instance, if<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0you have dozens of students, you\u2019ll want their video feeds on a dedicated, large screen so you can look at them without having to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0toggle between windows<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. It also feels more natural to direct your attention to the video feeds rather than the webcam, so\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it\u2019s important to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">place the webcam on top of the monitor with the video feeds<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, so that you\u2019ll be \u201clooking them in the eye,\u201d so to speak<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To be able to have a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0dedicated monitor\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for students\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0video feeds,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">professors will need a\u00a0dual-monitor\u00a0set up (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">instructions below)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That allows them to have\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tools such as participant lists,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">chat room, and breakout rooms, on a separate screen.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2401\" src=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM.png 763w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.51.57-PM-705x681.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">monitor that can be easily positioned in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">portrait-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mode\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">orientation screen works\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">especially\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">well for this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014that\u2019s because\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">participant lists are\u00a0vertical\u00a0and you want to avoid scrolling if you can. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0actually have\u00a0been using\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">three<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0screens<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014one for video feeds, one for course tools, and one for my slides. However,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0two is probably enough.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Speaking of slides, if\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you\u2019re using\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beamer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014a tool\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Overlea<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f for creating presentation slides<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you can simply<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Ctrl-L to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">display your slides at full\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">screen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. However, I\u2019ve found that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Power<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oint<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can be finicky. When using multiple screens, it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tries to take over<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0available screens<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which you don\u2019t want<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to happen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To prevent that, choose the option\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cbrowsed by an individual (window)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PowerPoint\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Slide Show setup<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(shown below). That will keep your slide presentation to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one screen only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with small white bars on the top and bottom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Sadly, it seems you need to do this separately for each slide deck.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2402\" src=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM.png 831w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM-768x665.png 768w, https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.52.56-PM-705x611.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Playing videos\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has worked\u00a0really well\u00a0for me,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">when I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0tell Zoom to send the audio and optimize the slide-sharing for video<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(see window below)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. In any case,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am trying to ensure that every video I play is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">clearly audible<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">otherwise, I need to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">caption it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so that students won\u2019t miss a word.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.53.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2403\" src=\"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-12.53.47-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s Not as Bad as I<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019d<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Feared<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In my first online class,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I told my students that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we have only been able to move our courses online so quickly because today\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">videoconferencing platforms\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">offer the ability to engage and interact in ways that wouldn\u2019t have been possible even a few years ago.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This introduction was a way not only to break the ice, but also to acknowledge that in many ways, we were ready for this, even if we did not know it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s hard to believe that I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019ve only been teaching online since\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mid-March<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, when the world was turned upside<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">down. But even<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0more\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">surprising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is how smoothly the transition has gone. In the weeks ahead, as we all acclimate to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the impact of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0coronavirus and social distancing,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0continue\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">find ways to enhance our online course delivery and keep our programs going.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a very short time,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I\u2019ve already come a long way\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from where I started<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. But I know I still have much to learn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2p49d0-78df0f7f8100253bb524e349aefabd6a\">\n.flex_column.av-2p49d0-78df0f7f8100253bb524e349aefabd6a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2p49d0-78df0f7f8100253bb524e349aefabd6a av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k7e2xg34-4a567425d4d2c5f37088892e5b4de47f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-k7e2xg34-4a567425d4d2c5f37088892e5b4de47f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k7e2xg34-4a567425d4d2c5f37088892e5b4de47f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Recent Faculty Updates\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  id=\"avia-magazine-1\"  class='av-magazine av-k7yrnnpf-16d3aa68a05aefda2d95ea3730e151a0 av-magazine-top-bar-active av-magazine-tabs-active  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last ' ><div class='av-magazine-top-bar '><\/div><div class='av-magazine-group sort_all'><article class='av-magazine-entry av-magazine-entry-id-2637 av-magazine-format-standard av-magazine-type-post av-magazine-entry-1 av-magazine-entry-small av-magazine-no-thumb'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"av-magazine-content-wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: Monday-Friday (1-2pm) - 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