Practical Strategies for Facilitating Learning Online in the face of Pandemic By Adam J. Bowen, PhD Assistant Teaching Professor Dept. of Philosophy & Religious Studies Ball State University In the face of the imminent covid-19 pandemic, academics are being tasked with carrying out an unprecedented mass migration to online learning environments. For many colleagues at…

Some Suggestions for Switching Quickly to Online Teaching with Canvas Nicholaos Jones, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama I began teaching online four years ago. I have converted three courses into fully online formats. I offered my first online course during a summer semester, for the sake of experimenting with…

Some first principles for emergency online teaching Many of us are struggling to transition our courses from well-planned in-person offerings to online delivery in various states of panic.  Perhaps we are worried because we have high expectations for our courses.  Perhaps we have never taught online before and aren’t sure where to begin.  And perhaps…

I came across this helpful poster on social media yesterday. It sums up a lot of advice I have heard recently that seems right to me, and which I myself plan to adopt: