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Revision as of 13:19, 17 May 2020
REVISION IN PROGRESS: This article contains useful information, but is being revised to reflect recent updates. Direct questions to TLT (tlt@winona.edu). |
This Keep Teaching Manual accompanies our Adult and Continuing Education Keep Teaching website and is intended for instructors preparing courses for in-person, blended, and online delivery under conditions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes links to step-by-step instructions and helpful external resources for accomplishing common class management tasks online. All tools referenced in this manual are available to all Winona State University instructors and students.
Classroom social distancing
To provide students attending in-person class meetings this fall with sufficient space to socially distance, the maximum classroom occupancy has been reduced. Instructors choosing to meet their students in-person will need a suitable space and a plan for managing in-person activities that mitigate infection risk. Instructors should begin this planning process by deciding how to deliver each course they are scheduled to teach this fall. Decisions should be made in consultation with Chairs and Deans and will be subject to change (e.g., in-person meetings may move online in response to a virus flare-up).
Course delivery options
Fully in-person
Certain courses must be delivered fully in-person based on the nature of the learning activities (e.g., lab work, simulations, performance). Instructors may also strongly prefer to teach some courses fully in-person if a suitable classroom can be assigned. To convene in-person safely, the duration of class meetings may need to be reduced, social distancing guidelines and public health practices must be followed, and contract tracing must be supported. Consult the In-person Course Toolkit for more information about preparing fully in-person courses.
Blended or hybrid
Instructors may decide to continue meeting with students in-person, but less frequently than usual, moving a portion (e.g., 25% to 75%) of their contact time online. This is often described as a "blended" or "hybrid" course. There are many variations of this blended approach, but all require prioritizing, and often redesigning, a subset of class activities that best fit an in-person format while migrating other activities online. Although instructors may still choose to meet with the entire class in-person, blended courses typically limit in-person meetings to subgroups of students (e.g., study groups, project teams). To convene in-person safely, a suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines and public health practices would be followed inside the classroom. Consult the Blended Course Toolkit for more information.
Mostly online
Instructors may decide to deliver a course online, except for one or two in-person meetings with students (e.g., orientation, final presentation). A suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines would be followed during in-person meetings. To convene in-person safely, a suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines and public health practices would be followed inside the classroom. The rest of the course would be delivered fully online with synchronous and/or asynchronous online contact only. Consult the Online Course Toolkit for more information.
Fully online
Fully online courses include no in-person contact. All interaction occurs online using synchronous and/or asynchronous methods. No classroom will be assigned to fully online classes. Social distancing and contact tracing plans are required only if online students engage in class-related activities that bring them in close proximity to others (e.g., interviews, community service). When selecting a fully online format, instructors will need to decide what proportion of their online contact time with students will be synchronous and asynchronous. Consult the Online Course Toolkit for more information.
Synchronous contact
Online contact occurs through same-time interactions (e.g., Zoom meetings). These meetings may be required or optional.
Asynchronous contact
Online contact occurs through different-time interactions (e.g., email, text messaging, discussion forums, online feedback). Note that "asynchronous" is not synonymous with "self-guided." When working asynchronously, the instructor is still communicating and interacting with students and guiding their learning directly.
Toolkits
Checklist
In-person | Blended or Mostly Online | Fully Online |
Inform students of format decision | Inform students of format decision | Inform students of format decision |
Identify students who need accommodation | Identify students who need accommodation | Identify students who need accommodation |
Recognize COVID-19 symptoms | Recognize COVID-19 symptoms | Complete preliminary course redesign |
Describe public health practices clearly | Describe public health practices clearly | Inform students of meeting details |
Identify location for in-person meetings | Identify location for in-person meetings | Complete course redesign |
Develop physical distancing plan | Complete preliminary course redesign | |
Develop contact tracing plan | Develop physical distancing plan | |
Inform students of meeting details | Develop contact tracing plan | |
Inform students of meeting details | ||
Complete course redesign |
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