Joy: WELCOME BACK EVERY
READY.
WHILE MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE
WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM DR.
HOLLY HOLLIDAY, IS AN ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR AT MISSOURI STATE
UNIVERSITY.
SHE IS HAVING TO CHANGE THE WAY
SHE DOES THINGS.>> Tom: YEAH,
SHE IS SHARING WITH US HER
EXPERIENCE OF SWITCHING HER IN
PERSON CLASSES TO ONLINE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
MY NAME IS HOLLY HOLLIDAY
AND I'M AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
AND DEPARTMENT MEDIA JOURNALISM
AND FILM AT MISSOURI STATE
UNIVERSITY.
LIKE SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF
TRANSITIONING ONTO AN ONLINE
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRANSITIONING
OUR CLASSES ONLINE IS NOT THE
SAME THING AS ALL BEING AN
ONLINE COURSE.
THERE'S A PRETTY RIGOROUS
PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING ONLINE
COURSE THAT INVOLVES
ARTICULATING LEARNING OUTCOMES,
THINK ABOUT HOW OUR VALUATIONS
MEET THE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE THE TIME
TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE
ONLINE COURSES FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT COME
WITH DEVELOPING AND
TRANSITIONING OUR CLASSES
ONLINE, THE FIRST OF WHICH AND
WHICH I THINK IS THAT MOST
IMPORTANT, STUDENTS DID NOT
SENATE TO TAKE ONLINE CLASSES
AND WHILE THIS MIGHT SEEM
INSIGNIFICANT I THINK IT IS
PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE
STUDENTS OF ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES, SOME
OF THEM REALLY STRUGGLE AND
ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT NOW
WE ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL
HEALTH, FINANCIAL BARRIERS,
MANY FROM RURAL AREAS AND MIGHT
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET KNOW THAT THEY'VE GONE
HOME FOR SPRING BREAK SO THOSE
ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE KEEPING
IN MIND AS YOU MAKE THIS
TRANSITION OVER TO THE ONLINE
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
I AM FORTUNATE IN THAT I CAN
TEACH PRETTY WELL INTO AN
ONLINE PHASE.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO TEACH
IN PRODUCTION, PHYSICAL
SCIENCES OR LABS, EDUCATIONAL
PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE
STUDENTS THAT NEED HOURS OR
STUDENT TEACHING OBSERVATION
THEIR OWN UNIQUE SET OF
CHALLENGES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
BE REALLY MINDFUL AS FACULTY
THINKING ABOUT THE BEST WAY THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MAKE
SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL
GETTING THE SKILLS THAT THEY
NEED AND GETTING EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE THOSE CLASSES WHAT THEY
WOULD BE HOPEFULLY HAD BEEN
BEST WE CAN IN A IN PERSON
SETTING.
THE TEACHING AND LEARNING HAS
BEEN GREAT ABOUT PROVIDING
FACULTY WITH RESOURCES.
WE JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL THIS
MORNING WITH TIPS FOR BEST
PRACTICES OF MOVING CLASSES
ONLINE THINKING ABOUT THIS NOT
BEING THE TIME THAT FANCY NEW
TECHNOLOGY OR EXPECTATIONS THAT
ARE UNREALISTIC FOR STUDENTS
BUT FOCUSED ON DOING THE BEST
THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE LEARNING IS STILL OCCURRING
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I
THINK ABOUT TRANSITIONING MY
OWN CLASSES, I STILL WANT THIS
TO BE A CLASS, MY STUDENTS ARE
PAYING FOR EDUCATION AND I WANT
THEM TO LEARN SOMETHING.
OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS I
JUST MIGHT HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE
IN WHAT THAT IS.
AND SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN
REALLY LOVELY IN HOW THEY
RESPONDED TO WITH VERY
UNCERTAIN TIMES.
I GIVE THEM AHEAD'S UP ABOUT
HOW I PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND
APPROACH THE REMAINDER OF THE
SEMESTER AND I HAVE HEARD BACK
FROM A NUMBER OF MY STUDENTS
VIA EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY APPRECIATE, THEY GOING TO
MISS HER IN PERSON CLASSES BUT
APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATION
AND GIVING THEM AHEAD'S UP
ABOUT WHERE WE WILL BE GOING
FROM HERE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR FACULTY TO KEEP
IN MIND, THEIR COMMUNICATION,
CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, THINKING
ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ARE GOING TO
BE REACTING WITH US AS FACULTY
AND EACH OTHER STUDENTS.
I HAVE CREATED A COUPLE OF
DISCUSSION BOARDS ON MY
BLACKBOARD SITE.
ONE FOR CLASS RELATED QUESTIONS
BUT ALSO A SPACE FOR STUDENTS
TO SHARE INTERESTING ARTICLES
AND PICTURES OF THEIR PETS AND
OUR IN PERSON CLASSES, THUS A
LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY, TO
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN CLASS
CULTURE.
I THINK THE LAST THING THAT'S
IMPORTANT THOUGH I WILL BE
DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS IS MAINTAINING VIRTUAL
OFFICE HOURS.
VIA A NUMBER PLATFORMS ONLINE
SO STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH ME TO CHAT IF
THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS, THAT CAN BETTER BE
ADDRESSED FACE-TO-FACE OR IF
THEY JUST WANT TO SEE ME IN
PERSON WHICH, I MISS THEM VERY
MUCH SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT I
WILL BE HAPPY TO DO FOR THEM.
IN A NUMBER OF ACADEMIC SPACES
ONLINE, TWITTER AND A COUPLE OF
FACEBOOK GROUPS THAT ARE
DEALING WITH THE TRANSITION TO
ONLINE EDUCATION AND YOU KNOW
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LOTS OF
FACULTY ARE ANXIOUS AND WE'RE A
LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT HOW
THIS WILL GO.
ANOTHER WE ARE COMMITTED TO
SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND
THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND
CHALLENGES SO WE CAN MAKE THIS
THE BEST YOU CAN FOR OUR
STUDENTS.
WHILE WE TRY TO FINISH OUT THE
SPRING SEMESTER.