First week of teaching online completed. Started each class with an apology- very conscious that what we are all doing is not great onlineb teaching - but emergency Management... Some thoughts (#1)

A million years ago, at the start of the online/blended journey, a wise man ( @autofac ) said that you never know how a user will experience your content. I think of this often but never more than this week (#2)

About another concerns this week revealed realities I hadn't anticipated - lack of broadband, fear of illness, genuine financial hardships, massive geographical distance...

Concern over workload and particularly for our final years worry about the legitimacy of our revised assessment plans and the validity of our degrees (#3)

So here are things I'm thinking about: being really clear about how assessment links to and demonstrates learning outcomes; (#4)

Facilitating asynchronous access (normally I demand attendance, but this week I get it... My course may not actually be your first priority when I'm timetabled...) (#5)

Offering students choices around assessment that might work for different circumstances (live presentations or leading online discussions for example) (#6)

And, finally, as always I'm really struck with just how impressive our @BusinessDCU students are. However we assess their final semester, employers will be lucky to have them next year (#7: and done...)

All thanks to our amazing support from @TEU_DCU @NIDL_DCU, you @dubdonaldson, Shadi and @glynnmark