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Temporary Remote Learning Resources



Keep Teaching supports faculty in developing their own strategies to continue to meet the needs of their courses online, if there are disruptions in on-campus teaching and learning. Being prepared to offer many aspects of face-to-face or blended courses online is an important part of planning for events that may disrupt normal campus operations.

Information here will walk you through putting the various parts of your course experience online to maintain academic continuity. 

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TIPS FOR RAPID TRANSITION TO ONLINE INSTRUCTION
  • Be kind to yourself and your students. Everyone is stressed, even if they’re playing it cool. That includes faculty, and that’s normal and okay.
  • It’s also okay that the quality of education may not be as good in alternative formats as it is in the pedagogical model you planned for. Everyone is just trying to get through this difficult and unprecedented situation.
  • There’s no need to become an expert on best practices for distance learning overnight. Distance learning can be really excellent, when time and planning allow. But that’s not the goal here. Don’t hold yourself to that standard.
  • Moving a class to a distance learning model in a day’s time is an impossible task. You will not be able to recreate your classroom. Give yourself a break. Check with your department, unit, or Faculty for guidelines or expectations for online classes.
  • Prioritize what students really need to know for the next few weeks. This is difficult, and, once again, means the quality of teaching and learning will suffer. But these are not normal circumstances.
  • If you’re using new tool(s), consider giving assignments as lower or no stakes and using practice assessments before real ones. Get students used to just using the tool. Then you can do something higher stakes, if you need to.
  • Stay in regular contact with students, and stay transparent. Make sure students know when and where new course material will be posted. Talk to them about why you’re prioritizing and assigning certain things, just as you would in face-to-face teaching. Remember substantial changes to the syllabus require clear communication with students, per Section 4 of Selkirk College’s Policy 8100.
  • Be particularly sensitive to your graduating students. They’re already panicking and need to hear from you that everything is going to be okay. If you teach a class where students need to complete something for post-graduation plans, figure out and communicate a Plan B as soon as you can.
  • Selkirk College has academic technology experts to help you transition. When you reach out, please be kind to these colleagues and remember they are suddenly managing very heavy workloads too.
  • For more: Read the 10 Tips for Supporting Faculty Transition to Remote Instruction.

The above was adapted from tips written by Amy Young, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, Pacific Lutheran University. 

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