Many of us are confronting working and/or teaching online in a hurry. Before I became an educational administrator at Vassar, I was a teacher. I earned my master’s degree online from UMUC. It was a great fit for my life (working full-time and raising small children.) My classmates and I had several years to reflect upon the implications of studying and teaching online. Conversely, many of our faculty will be jumping into teaching online next week!

For those faculty, I recommend reading reviewing this article and its associated resources: https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2315-going-online-in-a-hurry-what-to-do-and-where-to-start

What’s in there?

•  Some great general advice – big picture thinking to help you assess what tools and techniques are the best match for your teaching style and style of class.
•  A  link to great resource put together by the Stanford academic technology experts, with great explanations that help one understand online learning lingo.
• A guide to “just in time teaching.”

The article was also featured at https://www.chronicle.com/article/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What/248207

I would encourage all faculty to think deeply about the implications for students and faculty and choose strategies with which they are comfortable. Don’t feel pressured to teach online a certain way. All of us as a community are grappling with the unexpected and the unplanned, so our expectations and our pedagogy will need to adjust accordingly.

If you have ongoing research concerns, I encourage you to register for this free online  symposium on March 26th.

Dear Colleagues,

 

In light of COVID-19, we’ve flipped our “Going Public: Opening Research to All” symposium on March 26^th to be fully online and invite you to join us in exploring issues of equity in the production of and access to scholarship.

 

Being public is one of the core tenets of the University of Washington. Open scholarship and going public with our research means engaging the broader community with our work. But how do we do that? Join us online for an interactive morning of discussion and skill building around the issues of (in)equity that inform communicating our research and accessing information, within and beyond the academy.

 

Highlights include:

• A keynote lecture with local Seattle celebrity, Nikkita Oliver
• Short sessions highlighting topics from public scholarship to equity in data visualization to equity in open education
• Panel on diverse design

This free interdisciplinary online event is open to all: faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members from outside the university. More than ever, sharing research quickly and openly is crucial and we hope this event can inspire and encourage us to give consideration to equity while doing so. Registration is free. Register today to reserve your spot!

 

This event is kindly hosted by the UW Libraries and co-sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the eScience Institute, the Center for an Informed Public, the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), and the UW Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies.

 

Best,

Verletta

 

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Verletta Kern (she/her)
Digital Scholarship Librarian
University of Washington Libraries

 

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