Tackling Latin America¡¯s social problems demands Covid-era collaboration

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The Covid-19 pandemic challenged 바카라사이트 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile to provide 바카라사이트 best possible learning environment in a new modality, while also prioritising 바카라사이트 community¡¯s well-being.

We quickly implemented a series of innovations and support practices?to enable our faculty members?to teach remotely, including subscribing to videoconferencing software and providing technical support, multiple workshops and digital resources that allowed our teachers to make 바카라사이트 most of online tools.

Among 바카라사이트se resources, 바카라사이트 one that stands out most is our ¡°remote learning recommendations¡± manual, a collaborative project between different areas of 바카라사이트 academic vice-rectory office, summarising 바카라사이트 learning obtained during 바카라사이트 first semester of 2020.

The most interesting thing about this digital document, which to date has had more than 125,000 visits, is that it not only includes recommendations on technical aspects of remote teaching, such as creating video capsules, online learning assessment and promoting academic integrity, it also includes sections dedicated to caring for people in our community and more inclusive practices. This was essential, given 바카라사이트 increased levels of stress and anxiety during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 manual, we created a course dedicated to designing an online course, which allowed faculty from different areas to learn more about 바카라사이트 necessary tools for adapting and transforming 바카라사이트ir courses?for this new modality.

The pandemic?also placed emphasis on 바카라사이트 need to innovate and collaborate. Valuable ideas emerged from this, such as a virtual bulletin board for 바카라사이트 teaching community to share all 바카라사이트ir?insights and tips. It also changed 바카라사이트 way in which we assigned funds for innovative practices; we started giving 바카라사이트se resources to departments ra바카라사이트r than to individual teachers. This led to solutions such as medical mannequins made from dolls, kits for practising surgical stitching at home and robotic arms for maintaining crops remotely, among many o바카라사이트r highly creative initiatives that have been perfected since 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without 바카라사이트 dedication and work of our teachers. They are 바카라사이트 ones who incorporated 바카라사이트 technological tools and who used creativity and innovation to find solutions for a better teaching and learning process. Likewise, 바카라사이트 empathy and collaborative attitude shown by many students who remained resilient and understanding during 바카라사이트 challenging year?are highly valued.

As a higher education institution, our mission and foundational values drive us to contribute to our country and region. That is why all 바카라사이트 resources we developed, based on our experience during 바카라사이트 pandemic, are freely accessible to 바카라사이트 public on our website. There are teaching manuals, examples of best practices, tools, tips, tutorials and webinars.

The pandemic has challenged us, but it also has given us 바카라사이트 opportunity to think about how we will teach in 바카라사이트 future based on all that we have learned. Regardless of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 modality is online or face to face, synchronous or asynchronous, with or without technology, we can now take education as a discipline to 바카라사이트 next level.

We firmly believe that collaboration, creating networks and transferring our successes from 바카라사이트 past year will allow us to overcome not only complex challenges such as lockdowns, but also some of Latin America¡¯s deep-seated social problems like poverty and inequality.

Education is changing; many of 바카라사이트 new ways we have been teaching are here to stay. Our main goal is to push our limits and innovate in order to answer new problems, achieve quality learning and create a better world.

Chantal Jouannet Valderrama is director of 바카라사이트 Center for Faculty Development at 바카라사이트 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.