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At the end of the day, the students have paid to learn from you.
If they don’t take advantage of that opportunity, it’s their loss.
And it’s also their right.
We can’t force them to learn if they don’t want to.
If they don’t take advantage of that opportunity, it’s their loss.
And it’s also their right.
We can’t force them to learn if they don’t want to.
Let go of concerns over recording a class session and sharing it with your students.
Everyone can benefit from having access to a recording of the class.
A class is a learning community and everyone within benefits from its discussions.
Besides...
Everyone can benefit from having access to a recording of the class.
A class is a learning community and everyone within benefits from its discussions.
Besides...
...we should let go of paranoia.
Students are not out to get you.
Institutions worth their accreditation won’t replace you with a recording of yourself.
Other academics aren’t waiting for the opportunity to steal your ideas.
Students are not out to get you.
Institutions worth their accreditation won’t replace you with a recording of yourself.
Other academics aren’t waiting for the opportunity to steal your ideas.
In any case, making a class available to your students is not the same as sharing it publicly.
And if you’re afraid students may share these videos out of context to discredit you, the whole video should offer enough context to protect you.
Let go of your fears.
And if you’re afraid students may share these videos out of context to discredit you, the whole video should offer enough context to protect you.
Let go of your fears.
Let go of of concerns that a student might cheat in their assignments or exams or plagiarize a paper.
When a student cheats, they cheat themselves, first and foremost, of the chance to learn something.
If you catch them, that’s a teachable moment.
If you don’t, so what?
When a student cheats, they cheat themselves, first and foremost, of the chance to learn something.
If you catch them, that’s a teachable moment.
If you don’t, so what?
We are not an academic police force out to catch students who break our academic laws.
A student that gets away with it doesn’t make it less fair for others.
Remember, they’re cheating themselves out of learning what they need to know.
And grades aren’t a limited resource.
A student that gets away with it doesn’t make it less fair for others.
Remember, they’re cheating themselves out of learning what they need to know.
And grades aren’t a limited resource.
Finally, let go of the idea that traditional face to face instruction is better than online or hybrid instruction.
If we’ve been doing one modality for years, it’s to be expected that we’ll be better at it than the new ones were shifting to.
The same is true of our students.
If we’ve been doing one modality for years, it’s to be expected that we’ll be better at it than the new ones were shifting to.
The same is true of our students.
We will get better at this. So will they.
But the idea that what we’re doing is fundamentally inferior will hold us back.
Embrace and adapt to our new circumstances.
And let’s have the strength to let go of the things we cannot control.
But the idea that what we’re doing is fundamentally inferior will hold us back.
Embrace and adapt to our new circumstances.
And let’s have the strength to let go of the things we cannot control.
Finally, let’s let go of the fantasy of a return to a normal college experience, at least not until we find a cure or effective course of treatment for Covid-19.
It’s an irresponsible fantasy that is going to hurt a lot of people.
It’s an irresponsible fantasy that is going to hurt a lot of people.
