Rational Agnostic
Well-Known Member
And? You’re talking apples and oranges. We are being asked to teach both online and in person simultaneously. Literally simultaneously. And not just classes well suited for online. ALL classes, even those not practical for being taught online.
Yeah, I have taught online classes longer than I care to admit for fear of being called a dinosaur. What is happening now isn’t “just” doing it online. It is so much more. It’s teaching online and teaching live and doubling the lesson plans and preparation needed (both formats need their own materials) and dealing with continuously changing policies and dealing with health issues and not having the needed tools such as enough computer resources. And many other things.
Oh, and what about all the teachers that haven’t been trained to teach online? Got a magic wand to train all those teachers in the next couple of weeks?
I'm sure it's not easy to prepare for doing both at the same time. I'd recommend that they either do all online or if they decide to go face to face, give the teacher/professor the option to do either all face to face or all online. The hybrid classes I'm sure are confusing.