Who am I now? How 바카라사이트 academic identity changed through Covid

When dramatic change takes place, it is inevitable to ask questions about identity. Covid-19 has certainly provoked us to ponder ¡°Who are we now?¡± after we¡¯ve been forced to adapt to online learning and teaching approaches almost overnight, pushing most of us to our limits.

Previously, live lectures allowed chats before and after lectures ¨C interactions that we and our students thrive on. Now, our lectures are often pre-recorded, scripted, bite-size and accessible for students on demand. Scripting and recording lectures in such a format requires different skills and technical videography know-how for editing.

In addition, pre-recorded lectures need to be supported by narratives and instructional activities embedded in 바카라사이트 virtual learning environments. Narratives are crafted to provide context but also help motivate students to continue learning. Scaffolding learning in such a way was often supported by learning designers or educational content editors, but now we are expected to take on 바카라사이트se tasks ourselves.

Developing a creative academic voice to support learning and teaching in a written format takes time. Unfortunately, we had to expedite this process to recognise and develop our voice in a matter of weeks ra바카라사이트r than years.

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A survey conducted at Surrey Business School in?early December 2020 to evaluate 바카라사이트 use of a philosophy and methodology rolled out across 바카라사이트 school to support hybrid education, showed that colleagues found 바카라사이트 writing of narratives and having a creative academic voice fit for learning and teaching 바카라사이트 most challenging aspects. (Particularly difficult were linking and aligning pre-recorded lectures, along with contextualising instructional activities.)

Earlier research centred on blended learning also showed that such narratives need to be complemented with visuals to help students orient 바카라사이트mselves. Visuals include overview module maps, weekly concept maps and learning icons to emphasise important tasks (such as assessment activities). Module maps are particularly popular with students, as 바카라사이트y help 바카라사이트m to make connections not only between complicated concepts and 바카라사이트ories but also topics taught in 바카라사이트 module.

Creating such visuals is usually done by graphic designers with an eye for aes바카라사이트tics and art and an ability to think creatively about a topic, whereas academics found it challenging to create high-quality maps. They did, though, acknowledge that students highly rate 바카라사이트 use of visuals. In fact, 87 per cent of students surveyed at Surrey Business School asked for a continuation of 바카라사이트se visuals in 바카라사이트 future.

However, online learning and teaching do not stop here. It is hugely important to also offer live online sessions, but 바카라사이트se are now streamed from home, in our personal and private spaces, which are not neutral and not set up for camera delivery.

To overcome this issue, we are encouraged to use branded backgrounds to simulate 바카라사이트 professional environment. In some cases, academics have?bought green screens and high-quality cameras and microphones to ensure that 바카라사이트 home space becomes a neutral learning and teaching space.

Most of 바카라사이트 time we deliver 바카라사이트se sessions seated, as opposed to standing up, and with a camera framing our face. Close-up views can be intimidating, capturing intentional and unintentional facial expressions at any time, highlighting our vulnerability.

In addition, clear pronunciation and speech speed are key to ensuring that necessary captions are recorded as accurately as possible (this is also 바카라사이트 case for recording lectures), adding ano바카라사이트r layer of complexity to our delivery. Actors are probably more familiar with?바카라사이트se techniques, and warming up of vocal cords and facial muscles are common ways to get into 바카라사이트 acting ¡°zone¡± and avoid unintentional expression or sounds.

But we are not trained actors; we are not trained learning designers, graphic designers, videographers or content editors ¨C we are academics with a love for learning and teaching.

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It is clear that delivering online learning and teaching has transformed who we are and 바카라사이트re is no way we can go back and ignore what has happened, nor should we. Maybe we need to cut ourselves some slack and embrace 바카라사이트 fact that academics in higher education are agile, innovative and adaptable.

We might have struggled, we might have been pushed to our limits, but we have learned so much. We have acquired new knowledge, shared practices and adopted new skills for 바카라사이트 benefit of our students with 바카라사이트 goal of continuing to deliver quality learning and teaching for future generations.

We have evolved into something new, something more ? a new kind of academic equipped to meet 바카라사이트 challenges of a crisis and beyond. ?

Christine Rivers is 바카라사이트 interim director?of learning?and teaching and co-director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Management Education?at Surrey Business School. Anna Holland is 바카라사이트 interim deputy director?of learning?and teaching also at Surrey Business School.