Dear Commons Community,

My colleague, Bob Ubell has just published a new column entitled, “Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus,” for EdSurge.  He reviews  the current state of online instruction in our colleges and universities and concludes that it is the new normal for how faculty teach and students learn.  Recent developments, much of them brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic which forced most of higher education to adapt to online education, have ushered in a new era of instruction based on technology.  Faculty and students alike have taken to online technology, especially in blended formats to deliver courses.  He concludes (see excerpt below) that the use of technology has improved instruction across the board.  I agree.

His entire column is worth a read!

Tony

“When professors teaching face-to-face adopt online pedagogy, the classroom is transformed into a “blended” experience, moving from conventional to active learning. And that helps students turn from passive to engaged participants in their own intellectual excursions.

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“Face-to-face instruction is no longer the gold standard,” says Steven Goss, chair of Management and Technology in the business programs at New York University’s School of Professional Studies, where he teaches blended courses. “Faculty who say, ‘I only teach on campus,’ are doing themselves a disservice. Teachers who aren’t thinking about the variety of ways there are to teach aren’t thinking about their full capacity.”

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