Author Archives: Perry Samson

Taking the Virtual Temperature of Class

One strategy I’ve been using is to include a mechanism for students to share how they’re doing physically and emotionally. I started this long before the coronavirus by asking an image-based question using the engagement software I use in class … Continue reading

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5 Easy Steps for Switching Your Face-to-Face Course to Online

It is not unreasonable to imagine a day coming when colleges and universities will be faced with the decision of whether to allow classes and large gatherings of students to continue. Perhaps it will be as a result of the … Continue reading

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How the Polar Vortex Prepared Me to Teach with the Coronavirus

Unfortunately, it’s inevitable that at some point a student on my campus will be diagnosed with a highly communicable illness, be it the current coronavirus outbreak or another, perhaps even nastier, future disease. How should colleges and universities prepare for this? The experience of the 2019 polar vortex offers some options. Continue reading

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