Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required immediate and wide-ranging adjustments to our instructional efforts and student services, with significant impacts on the student experience of college life. As the pandemic continued into fall …
Instructional Highlights: Linn Posey-Maddox
Through surveys, instructor learns the needs of students — and helps students get to know each other Linn Posey-Maddox regularly surveys her students before the start of each semester to get to know them, and …
Instructional Highlights: Betsy Stovall
Math instructor increases student engagement with ‘hybrid’ approach to virtual office hours When the pandemic forced Betsy Stovall to move her large calculus class online last spring, she wondered how it would affect her office …
Instructional Highlights: Rosemary Russ
Leaning into the virtual format, professor ‘disrupts’ her approach and deepens student learning Rosemary Russ saw the change to online teaching as an opportunity not just to recreate what she had done in face-to-face instruction, …
Building Access Reminders and Vaccination Information
This message was sent on Feb. 5 from Steve Cramer, vice provost for instructional continuity and academic affairs to faculty and instructors teaching in-person or hybrid group enrollment sections this spring 2021. Dear Instructional Colleagues, …
Instructional Goals and Resources for Spring; Campus COVID-19 Testing Requirements
This message was sent on Jan. 28 from Steve Cramer, vice provost for instructional continuity to all faculty and instructors teaching in spring 2021. Dear Instructional Colleagues (please share with your TAs), Welcome to the …
Instructional Highlights: Wei Dong
A visual artist leans into design elements to build strong bonds with students Before the pandemic, Wei Dong could best be described as a skeptic of remote learning. He had never used cameras to record …
Instructional Highlights: Jason Kwan
To present complicated concepts online, professor dips toe into animation Last summer, as Jason Kwan researched the components of effective online learning, he noted that the most popular educational YouTube videos used a lot of …
Instructional Highlights: Mou Banerjee
Multiple building blocks construct a solid foundation for FIG students Mou Banerjee approached virtual teaching last fall like an architect. She knew she’d need to design a sturdy foundation so that the students in her …
Instructional Highlights: Megan McDermott
Detailed self-assessment tool helps students monitor, improve class participation Megan McDermott says students sometimes point out that she “over-engineers” things in her classes. She doesn’t deny it. “I always think it’s better to over-engineer something …