Considerations of Instructional Modes for Fall 2021
The pandemic has disrupted teaching and learning for more than a year. Despite best efforts to plan, it is possible those disruptions will continue into Fall 2021. As colleges begin to transition back to in-person instruction, the boundaries between “in-person” and “online” may blur at times. This document was crafted by the Carnegie Educational Technology […]
Accessible Interactions: Tips for Synchronous Online Learning
by Seth Graves and Zahra Khalid The pandemic-induced emergency migration to remote teaching—in which many instructors with no aspirations to teach online suddenly needed the skills to do so—reinvigorated conversations about inclusion, access, and equity in online classroom contexts. During the pandemic, many factors hamper accessibility and impede graduate learning: trauma and illness; loss of […]
DOING ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
By: Miryam Nacimento and Agustina Checa Was your ethnographic research suspended because of Covid? Are you having trouble finding ways to move forward? In this short piece, we reflect on methodological strategies for advancing ethnographic research in these difficult times. Ever since March 2020, our everyday lives have been turned upside down. As social restrictions […]
HOW TO USE AN EXTERNAL MICROPHONE
By: Mike Mena, Ph.D. Candidate If you are wondering how to make your video recordings, PowerPoint voice-overs and/or remote lectures more compelling, the first thing to upgrade is your microphone! There are hundreds of microphones to choose from—from budget to expensive, simple to complex, beginner to professional, and the list goes on. However, how we […]
