Because of the current pandemic, instructors are facing the challenging task of making their courses both accessible and applicable to learners. Professors are expected to tailor their content and pedagogical practices to address their students’ preferred learning styles. As us students (or most of us, at least) are forced to learn from a distance, from the comfort of our own home, technology is now more prominent than ever. At least in comparison to the education I have received prior to this.
Distance learning has evolved throughout the years, but within the last six months I’m sure it has reached a new high due to the recent unforeseen events that have transpired over the last six or so months. These events made distance learning a necessity.
Tools such as Zoom and Google Classroom have made this shift pretty easy. As a learner, it took a little while to get the hang of it, but once I did, I can now navigate through these programs with (reasonable) ease.
Instructors that may have been reluctant to offering fully online courses now don’t have the choice and have been forced to experiment with this method of delivering instruction.
Really important topic for us as pre-service teachers! We too will have to decide to share our work online or not. Hmm!