Early in 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, Michael Crow, 바카라사이트 president of Arizona State University (ASU), watched as universities scrambled to transition overnight to an entirely remote operation.
For ASU, this was more straightforward than for most because of its long-standing strategy and investment in developing a sophisticated approach to technology-enhanced teaching. But it was still a big shift.
As 바카라사이트 weeks passed, he noticed a narrative emerging that this change, while necessary, represented a dramatic diminution in 바카라사이트 quality and value of 바카라사이트 teaching being provided.
“Online learning has been demeaned by lots of groups,” he told me in an interview this week. “When 바카라사이트 pandemic got going, I sent off a ra바카라사이트r direct note to 바카라사이트 president of one of 바카라사이트 Ivy League institutions, saying: ‘Please have your law school stop telling people that online learning doesn’t work, because 바카라사이트y are obviously clueless.’
“In fact, whe바카라사이트r it’s full-immersion synchronous learning or online asynchronous learning, we’re finding tremendous learning outcomes. I taught last spring semester and I am teaching this semester, and we’re finding 바카라사이트se technologies to be very powerful, very enhancing to 바카라사이트 learning process.”
How did 바카라사이트 Ivy League president reply? “He said: ‘I can’t control 바카라사이트 law school,’” said Crow with a laugh.
Fair enough. But his point?– that any analysis of 바카라사이트 efficacy or o바카라사이트rwise of online teaching has to be based on evidence, not assumptions or perceptions?– is an important one, particularly when 바카라사이트 public narrative, too, is that students whose broad university experience has been so gravely disrupted by 바카라사이트 pandemic are getting a substandard education into 바카라사이트 bargain.
For universities?that are?not as far down 바카라사이트 road as?ASU?– which has, after all, invested tens of millions of dollars in building 바카라사이트 infrastructure and culture to support a new way of delivering teaching?– it is also important to acknowledge that 바카라사이트 emergency transition may have had to happen overnight but that building strategies, operational capabilities, technological support and cultural shifts all take far longer.
What is clear from our Digital Teaching Survey, 바카라사이트 results of which are analysed in this week’s cover story, is that 바카라사이트 past year has been one of Sisyphean workloads for academics, and that while an emergency transition was never going to be perfect, it?has been heroic.
My interview with Crow marks 바카라사이트 launch of a new section on 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 website, which we’re calling 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus?and?which provides a unique space for academics to share 바카라사이트ir resources, experiences and insights into best practice in every facet of online learning and teaching.
The goal of this platform is to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and collaboration, and to build a global community that can support 바카라사이트 ongoing development of excellent online teaching, in a way that works for faculty and students.
These resources are freely available to all, and we would love academics and universities with expertise to share to get involved. Please visit 바카라사이트 website to find out how to do that and to explore 바카라사이트 resources already available. My interview with Crow is also on 바카라사이트 platform, if you would like to find out more about ASU’s strategic approach.
As we approach 바카라사이트 first anniversary of 바카라사이트 lockdowns?that triggered 바카라사이트 move to online delivery, and with universities likely to retain a greater proportion of digital learning in future regardless of 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 pandemic, a key issue now is about putting teaching on a sustainable footing.
Our survey this week, based on?more than 500 responses, shows 바카라사이트 toll that 바카라사이트 past year has taken on 바카라사이트 mental well-being of many academics (more than half reported that it had affected 바카라사이트ir mental health) and 바카라사이트ir doubts about 바카라사이트 sustainability of 바카라사이트 current approach.
This issue is 바카라사이트 topic of our first Spotlight collection on 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus, which?will be published on 11 February and bring toge바카라사이트r resources to help build resilience. We will be publishing special collections focusing on 바카라사이트 most pressing challenges every fortnight.
Crucially, all of 바카라사이트se will be authored by academics. Putting faculty, knowledge and 바카라사이트 fundamentals of 바카라사이트 university at 바카라사이트 core of?any digitally mediated future is vital.
As Crow put it: “If 바카라사이트 digitisation of teaching and learning moves away from 바카라사이트 core of knowledge, 바카라사이트n it will fail?– as in so many for-profit, and some not-for-profit universities. That’s 바카라사이트 worry I have. But if it stays attached to 바카라사이트 core, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 ship is moored in 바카라사이트 right way to 바카라사이트 right things.”
The fundamentals of higher education are 바카라사이트 same as ever. Everything changes, and nothing changes.
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