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What Covid-19 Taught Us About The Blended Model, Deborah L. Wheeler, Jennifer Hill
What Covid-19 Taught Us About The Blended Model, Deborah L. Wheeler, Jennifer Hill
Teacher Development Faculty Working Papers
Initially, many faculty in higher education were apprehensive when courses went online in Spring 2020, but they eventually learned a lot about how to effectively teach online. The need for well-designed online courses for faculty in higher education is more prominent than ever-before in the wake of the COVID-19. As reluctant or apprehensive as faculty members were, the move to an online platform offered an opportunity to learn about diverse tools, resources, and innovative ways to teach both in the blended synchronous model and the asynchronous online model. Faculty and students encountered issues, but quickly learned to overcome these challenges. …
Supporting Students Through Online Learning, Kristen M. Carlson
Supporting Students Through Online Learning, Kristen M. Carlson
Teacher Development Faculty Publications
With the onset of a pandemic, there were opportunities and challenges for supporting learners. Schools and universities were physically closed while interaction shifted to a distance learning modality. In some instances, courses became asynchronous, while other courses met synchronously using video conferencing. Educators were adaptable when the pandemic occurred, quickly setting up home offices to meet their learners’ needs. This occurrence showed that it was in educators’ best interest to understand distance best practices. Distance learning has been utilized at institutions in the United States for the past two decades. However, it has not been widely adopted as mainstream because …