Teaching During a Pandemic
Greg Restall,
Consequently,
Aug 09, 2020
"The web of informal connections that's sustained on campus, with students bumping into each other, of chance encounters in the library, or waiting in line for a coffee, or of just hanging out with other students, all these things are gone in the move to working online." So writes Greg Restall, who is teaching in Melbourne. This post describes what he has done to make up for this. "I'll stay around online in the Zoom session for 15 to 30 minutes after class," he says. "I decided to do more help provide other means of connection," he adds, offering short informal one-on-one consulting with students. All very good, but these two things are not the same. "Students bumping into each other" is not the same as "extra sessions with the professor." Image: Lynda.
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