Remotely Facilitating an InPerson Course Amy Ort sheher

Remotely Facilitating an In-Person Course Amy Ort (she/her) and Julia Remsik Larsen (she/her)

Agenda for Today ● ● ● Discussion: What do you envision for your course? Opportunities: Where’s the silver lining? Logistics: What constraints can you expect? Options: What might you use class time for? Technology: What tools are available to help? Wrap up: What is your plan? What challenges / barriers remain?

Breakout Discussion You will be placed in small breakout groups to discuss the following questions: ● ● When you think about your fall courses, what do you envision them being like? What makes you hopeful about the fall? We’ll reconvene in 10 mins!

Opportunities: Where’s the silver lining? ● ● ● Model & teach resilience Increased empathy Course material flexibility ○ ○ ● ● New technology to incorporate Re-thinking courses in terms of objectives ○ ● ● Meeting students where they’re at Following Universal Design Principles Ensuring everything has a clear purpose What are you hopeful for? What can we do to have a positive impact right now?

Logistics: What constraints can you expect? ● ● You need to provide clear audio & video Classroom tech: what will you see & hear? ○ ○ ● ● Most General Purpose classrooms have a single camera & ‘instructor only’ mic Additional College or Departmental resources? Students will wear masks & stay 6 ft apart Classroom facilitation ○ ○ ○ Do you have a TA? Is a student worker available? How well do they know your course? Can you expect them to facilitate discussions & group work?

Framework and Theory: Community of Inquiry and Transactional Distance Community of Inquiry Framework ● ● ● Cognitive Presence Social Presence Teaching Presence Transactional Distance Theory ● “Distance” between students and ○ ○ ○ ● Instructor Each other Content Balance between structure and autonomy

Options: What might you use class time for? What do students most need you for? What is the highest value the in-person time can add? Options for class activities: ● ● ● Lecturing Individual activities Small group activities ○ ○ ● ● Mix or separate in-person vs virtual students? Do in-person students need a phone / laptop? Project feedback / critique Team meetings ○ You meeting with small groups Focus on bringing your presence into the classroom

Technology: What tools are available to help? ● Zoom has lots of great features! ○ ○ ○ ● ● Students can check out laptops Lots of activity will happen asynchronously ○ ○ ○ ● Recording Screen sharing Breakout rooms Polling Recommendation: multiple monitors! Vidgrid for pre-recorded lectures & quizzing Microsoft Teams to facilitate group work & community building Canvas has many cool features! College-specific tools

Breakout Discussion We’ll put you back in the same small groups as before to talk about some new questions: ● ● Given all of this information, are there any changes you’ll make to your fall plan? What challenges or barriers still exist as you think about the fall semester? What are some long-term opportunities or benefits of what’s happening? What additional resources would help you better prepare? We’ll bring you back in 15 min!

Wrap-up Discussion and Q&A In the chat, please type a couple of the perceived barriers & challenges that still exist. In the chat, please list any resources that would help you better prepare for the fall. (No, we can’t give you more time before the semester starts!) If we set up a ‘Faculty Discussion Group’ over the next two weeks and maybe continuing into the semester, would anyone potentially be interested? (Give a ‘Thumbs up’)