While the first reaction of untold numbers of educators has been to shift their lectures to video conferencing, Bryan Alexander notes that there has been pushback from people who don't have that kind of flexibility of scheduling. "First, requiring live video means assuming students have access to infrastructure. Not everyone has the right hardware. Worst, not everyone has sufficient bandwidth... Second, time zone issues can become a real problem in scheduling a simultaneous event. This is especially true for international students... Third, scheduling becomes harder for many people under quarantine. Think of parents with children now staying at home... Fourth, turning on a camera for an hour or more might be a problem for people suffering physical health issues... Fifth, as with any other technology, faculty and students have to learn how to use it competently." I think the last two are a reach too far, but overall I think he has a point.
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