Resources for Adjusting Online Instruction
by David Glassmeyer, CETL Scholarly Teaching Fellow for Online Pedagogy
last updated: July 2022
Due to the Health Pandemic
"Well-planned online learning experiences are meaningfully different from courses offered online in response to a crisis or disaster… emergency remote teaching (ERT) is a temporary shift of instructional delivery to an alternate delivery mode due to crisis circumstances. It involves the use of fully remote teaching solutions for instruction or education that would otherwise be delivered face-to-face or as blended or hybrid courses and that will return to that format once the crisis or emergency has abated" (Hodges, Moore, Lockee, Trust, & Bond, 2020, p.1). The following section provides resources to support a shift to emergency response teaching.
Information on emergency response teaching, and the important distinction between this and traditionally defined online education:
- Hodges, C., Moore, S., Lockee, B., Trust, T., & Bond, A. (2020). The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning. Educause Review, 27.
- Milman, N. (2020). This is emergency remote teaching, not just online teaching. Education Week.
Higher education and K12 educational resources suited to the pandemic:
- Jandrić, P., Hayes, D., Truelove, I., Levinson, P., Mayo, P., Ryberg, T., ... & Jackson, L. (2020). Teaching in the age of Covid-19. Postdigital Science and Education, 2(3), 1069-1230.
- USC Rossier School of Education. (2020). Supporting Online Learning in a Time of Pandemic.
Trauma-informed teaching strategies can support students in your classroom. KSU’s 2020 SOTL Summit Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mays Imad, has written practitioner-orientated pieces based on neuroscience to support students learning during a pandemic:
- Imad, M. (2020). Leveraging the neuroscience of now; Seven recommendations for helping students thrive in times of trauma. Inside Higher Ed.
- Imad, M. (2020). Hope matters: 10 strategies to support students and help them learn during the coronavirus crisis. Inside Higher Ed.
Additional resources and advice for implementing trauma-informed teaching can be found in this Chronicle of Higher Education article titled, “What Does Trauma-Informed Teaching Look Like?”.
Due to Political Climate
In Fall 2020, the KSU’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion gave a workshop on racial justice explaining “why race is still an issue in higher education and contextualize[d] the role it plays in how access is provided, forms of discrimination, scholarship opportunities, financial aid, language within the classroom and academic pedagogy” (KSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 2020). This following section contains resources to support online instruction during a time of reignited push for racial justice.
KSU’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion recommends these resources for anti-racism actions:
KSU’s Presidential Commission On Racial and Ethnic Diversity (CORED) provides forums and events for continuing dialogue on issues of race and ethnicity on the KSU campus. Students and faculty can find more information on the commission here, including upcoming meetings and events.
Several online resources exist to provide instructors support leading productive conversations about racial justice.
- DiAngelo, R. J. (2018). White fragility: Why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racism. Beacon Press.
- Kay, M. R. (2018). Not light, but fire: How to lead meaningful race conversations in the classroom. Stenhouse Publishers.
- Landis, K. (Ed.). (2008). Start talking: A handbook for engaging in difficult dialogues in higher education. University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Soehner, C., & Darling, A. (2016). Effective difficult conversations: A step-by-step guide. ALA Editions.
- Sue, D. W. (2015). Race talk and the conspiracy of silence: Understanding and facilitating difficult dialogues on race. Wiley.
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