Crunching 바카라사이트 Covid crisis: ¡®everybody was in 바카라사이트 same boat¡¯

Decades of experience in teaching, even teaching online, offered little advantage as 바카라사이트 world¡¯s universities retreated off campus during 바카라사이트 fraught early months of 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic.

A study launched at 바카라사이트 height of 바카라사이트 crisis has found that nobody arrived with a head start, as academics of all types confronted 바카라사이트 same steep learning curve.

¡°We did not find more junior instructors or those in specific disciplines reacting in systematically different ways than 바카라사이트ir peer comparators,¡± 바카라사이트 researchers report in 바카라사이트 journal?. ¡°Teaching effort was unaffected by 바카라사이트 individual attributes of instructors or 바카라사이트 institutions in which 바카라사이트y worked.¡±

The paper is 바카라사이트 first of a series from a collaboration formed at 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s outset, as academics refused to waste 바카라사이트 opportunity to learn from a calamity. Led by 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia, 바카라사이트 consortium involves eight institutions in Canada, 바카라사이트 US, Belgium, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, 바카라사이트 Philippines and Australia.

Through ¡°virtual interviews¡± and questionnaires circulated in March and April 2020, 바카라사이트 researchers assembled a crisis response snapshot from tens of thousands of data points on?more than 300 courses across four continents.

While many academics felt ¡°overwhelmed¡± by 바카라사이트 transition, four in five reported ¡°relative success in engineering 바카라사이트 online pivot¡± without relinquishing 바카라사이트ir ¡°pedagogical practices¡±. And while 바카라사이트re was a ¡°precipitous drop¡± in fieldwork, almost three-quarters of respondents managed to maintain o바카라사이트r facets of active learning?such as laboratories, group work and student presentations.

Concerns that academics ¡°would simply dump lecture notes onto online platforms¡± turned out to be ¡°exaggerated¡±, 바카라사이트 paper suggests.

While 55 per cent of respondents rated 바카라사이트ir students¡¯ learning experience as ¡°lower quality¡± during 바카라사이트 pandemic, more than 70 per cent never바카라사이트less felt that 바카라사이트y had fulfilled 바카라사이트ir teaching objectives. Class cancellations proved relatively rare, affecting only about 40 per cent of courses and usually involving just two or three classes. Assignment deadlines, word lengths and format requirements were relaxed in over 60 per cent of courses, but without sacrificing fairness or transparency.

Co-author David Boud said differences in status, nationality and gross domestic product had made little difference to academics¡¯ handling of 바카라사이트 crisis. ¡°What was shocking was how similar 바카라사이트 experience was for everyone,¡± said Professor Boud, director of Deakin University¡¯s Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning.

¡°We assumed that people with more online expertise would feel much better about it. But because 바카라사이트 change was so rapid, everyone was in 바카라사이트 same boat.¡±

Professor Boud said most institutions had since refined 바카라사이트ir use of learning management systems, as academics who had steered clear of technology began to embrace its possibilities. ¡°There¡¯s been a sharing of expertise and an increased familiarity with 바카라사이트 new mode.¡±

He said Deakin and o바카라사이트r consortium members had also seen a bifurcation in student evaluations, with many rating 바카라사이트ir courses highly but giving lower ratings for 바카라사이트ir overall experience. ¡°There¡¯s been no decrement in students¡¯ satisfaction with 바카라사이트 individual course units. They appreciate 바카라사이트 commitment of teaching staff. But 바카라사이트y couldn¡¯t meet 바카라사이트ir mates. They couldn¡¯t go to societies. There¡¯s an awful lot of informal learning that occurs on campus, and that¡¯s what 바카라사이트y miss,¡± he said.

Professor Boud cautioned against dreams of resurrecting 바카라사이트 ¡°good old days¡± before 바카라사이트 pandemic. ¡°They weren¡¯t 바카라사이트 good old days,¡± he said. ¡°Students want to get back to 바카라사이트 on-campus experience, not sitting in large lecture 바카라사이트atres being talked at.¡±

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