What is important now? Making sure students know that social distancing in a physical sense does not mean higher ed institutions like Fresno State are distancing themselves from meeting student needs, says UB guest columnist Joseph I. Castro, president of the California school.

Online college classes are suddenly being invaded by "Zoom bombing," an ugly new activity in which hackers disrupt virtual meetings to display pornography, racism and other disturbing images.

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.