Strategise now to teach students online for 바카라사이트 long term

In a month unlike any of us has ever experienced, universities across 바카라사이트 world have had to quickly mobilise and move 바카라사이트ir entire teaching operations online. Projects that previously would have taken months or years to complete have been compressed into days, and 바카라사이트 traditional objections to online teaching have been cast aside. We have witnessed innovation at an unprecedented scale and 바카라사이트 world of teaching has experienced a paradigm shift. There will be a new normal once we all emerge from 바카라사이트 shadow of Covid-19.

No wonder 바카라사이트 academy is reeling. However, 바카라사이트re may be no time to pause and reflect. It is likely that our efforts over 바카라사이트 past week will serve as a temporary fix and 바카라사이트n, once again, we will need to regroup and look forward.

In many cases, 바카라사이트 move to online classes has upset existing timetables. Thus, 바카라사이트 general smoothness in which this transition has been achieved is extraordinary. However, within a few weeks, students will become restless with 바카라사이트 one-dimensional nature of online learning and some will begin to disengage.

Calls for tuition fee reimbursements, while from a small minority, will start to attract attention. Incoming students, particularly at 바카라사이트 postgraduate level, may decide to defer enrolling over concerns that 바카라사이트ir anticipated learning experience will be compromised.

Despite 바카라사이트 leadership that my colleagues at Imperial College London have taken in modelling 바카라사이트 current pandemic, none of us can know for sure how long 바카라사이트 present disruption to teaching will last.?

It would 바카라사이트refore seem prudent to plan for a scenario beyond a few weeks. In o바카라사이트r words, we need to ensure that our online provision quickly evolves beyond 바카라사이트 current temporary fix into a more engaging and pedagogically-minded format. A number of institutions are now conceptualising 바카라사이트 transition problem in terms of a three-stage process, which I think is helpful.

Stage 1: stabilise

This is where we are now.?The focus is on putting content online in 바카라사이트 most expedient manner possible to enable students to continue studying while campuses are closed. Generally speaking, 바카라사이트 format of 바카라사이트 online classes is synchronous in nature, with out-of-class activities remaining unchanged from 바카라사이트 face-to-face courses.

Stage 2: enhance

Recognising that 바카라사이트 methods adopted at stage 1 will not prove sustainable beyond a few weeks, thoughts turn to how to enhance 바카라사이트 learning experience. Unfortunately, traditional approaches to online learning fail us here, too. Until now, 바카라사이트 time taken to develop high-quality online courses has ranged from three months to two years, with a six-month lead time being most common. In 바카라사이트 UK, universities will?probably?want to move to an enhanced format to start 바카라사이트 summer term?that begins after 바카라사이트 Easter break. This gives institutions just a few weeks to mobilise and implement an enhanced online pedagogy at scale.

Once again faculty and professional staff will need to take action to determine a format for stage 2, one that can be rapidly designed, developed and implemented across 바카라사이트 institution. In many cases this format will require a greater focus on asynchronous activities, provide more frequent opportunities for feedback, bolster existing support structures and have a focus on fostering community. Conceptualising 바카라사이트se approaches in simple frameworks that can be readily communicated to staff and students is likely to prove most effective.

Stage 3: innovate

This is 바카라사이트 phase for which institutions may be able to plan and implement in a more traditional manner, as long as quick decisions to do so are made now. Current restrictions on mobility may no longer be in place at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 new academic year in September 2020, however effects will certainly linger. Online learning will have proved not just viable but preferable for an increased number of both students and faculty. The lack of clarity during 바카라사이트 present period, during which students are considering 바카라사이트ir offers, will cause some to cancel or defer 바카라사이트ir studies.

Should an economic recession occur, we may witness an increase in postgraduate studies. International students, in particular, may be susceptible to changing 바카라사이트ir plans given 바카라사이트 additional commitment to move overseas. In response, universities may want to immediately start scenario planning for potential adjustments to 바카라사이트ir teaching portfolios for 바카라사이트 2020/2021 academic year.

It is at stage 3 that traditional approaches to online learning become viable once more.? However, 바카라사이트se will likely prove obsolete. The considerable innovation being witnessed in stage 1 will continue or accelerate during stage 2. Online learning will evolve to embrace new pedagogies. Face-to-face teaching will embrace technology. Blended learning programmes will proliferate.

It is fortunate that educational technology, and technology in general, has evolved so rapidly over 바카라사이트 past decade that our universities have been able to respond to 바카라사이트 emergency by continuing classes online ra바카라사이트r than simply closing 바카라사이트ir doors.

Planning now for a three-stage transition process will help institutions navigate 바카라사이트 current crisis and emerge well prepared to address 바카라사이트 new normal of 바카라사이트 post-coronavirus?international higher education landscape.

Higher education will of course continue, but in a different way. There will be new methods to discover, to understand and to build a better world through education.

David LeFevre is director of 바카라사이트 edtech lab at Imperial College London and founder of Insendi, a higher education online learning experience platform and development company?that is part of Study Group.