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Adjusting to Remote Instruction at Community Colleges
Faculty members at community and technical colleges face challenges in the pivot to remote learning and are trying new technology, assessment tools and ways to communicate.
Evaluating Teaching During the Pandemic
Some colleges are changing how they collect and consider student ratings of instructors, citing the COVID-19-driven move online. Might that undermine a widely criticized (and used) tool?
Opinion
Turning the Tide on Online Learning
Only when it provides the full range of instructional connection points available in a traditional classroom will it begin to be a viable educational model, argues William G. Durden.
Accessibility Suffers During Pandemic
Students with disabilities and their advocates say access to equitable education has been abandoned in the scramble to move classes online.
‘Zoombies’ Take Over Online Classrooms
Digital disruptors sharing racist, sexist and pornographic content in Zoom videoconferences show no sign of slowing down as “Zoombombing” trend grows.
Suspension of Financial Responsibility Scores?
Higher education groups push the Education Department to suspend measure of colleges' financial standing, and the department releases new proposed rules on distance education.
Preparing for a Fall Without In-Person Classes
If campuses are still off-limits to students come September, this spring's version of remote learning won't suffice. Some colleges are preparing (quietly) to deliver better online learning at scale if needed.
Opinion
Lead From the Future
The brand of remote instruction most colleges are offering now will create a backlash against online education. Colleges will have to significantly expand the learning ecosystem to overcome it, write Peter Stokes and Mark Johnson.