As Colleges Shift to Emergency Teaching Online, How Good is Good Enough?
In the name of public health, colleges have moved swiftly to online teaching—but without all of the details worked out on how to do so effectively.That reality was highlighted during a live online discussion EdSurge held this week in partnership with Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum.Among the topics addressed were how to make sure newly online courses follow accessibility rules, and how to make sure all students have the tech they need to get to class.Beth Kalikoff, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington, where in-person classes have been suspended for the rest of the quarter and some courses have moved online.