Due to the COVID-19 crisis, many colleges and universities have suddenly needed to move online, and are under pressure to continue to deliver high-quality teaching and learning in a remote environment. Traditionally, deploying a cloud-based LMS can require many weeks or months, which is too much time in the current crisis for any institutions requiring […]
During a time of cloistered existences, the opportunity to collaboratively envision a post-pandemic world during Sterling College’s new online class will be a breath of fresh air, says UB guest columnist Philip Ackerman-Leist.
UB guest columnists Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis discuss five ways to reap the benefits of online learning, and why they only teach online and would never choose to teach in-person again at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Faculty shift to live online learning to give college students some semblance of their regular campus routines and keep them connected to the outside world.
UB guest columnists Mark Warschauer and Di Xu of the University of California, Irvine address how instructors can work to provide quality, equitable digital education now—and over the long haul.
A major opportunity created by online learning is shier students now have new avenues to participate in class discussions, says an American University professor.
Maryland's four HBCUs could use a $577 million legal settlement to establish new degree programs, recruit faculty, and invest in scholarships and financial aid, according to reports.
Never has academia's labor problem been more visible than now when higher education finds itself having to turn on a dime to make sure students can finish courses that can no longer be taught on campus in classrooms, says UB guest columnist Paula M. Krebs, of the Modern Language Association.
Fordham University is providing professional development for distance learning in the Bronx during the coronavirus closures, while Berea College helps feed K-12 students in Kentucky.
Some predict higher ed's shift to pass/fail grading and online learning during coronavirus closures will raise greater awareness about the inequities some students face.
