Principles of Economics

Since this is a multiple section course, there are several instructors involved. They will all share in the preparation of the asynchronous content. Generally, this means preparing 1-3 small video segments which present the daily content in chunks. It will be expected that the student will watch the videos prior to class time. Each instructor will lead a synchronous classroom session. As well, it would be reasonable to expect that they share in the preparation of classroom materials.

Option A: During class, all students are present either in the room (if allowed)
or via Zoom. TA monitors Zoom conversation to see if there are questions.

If possible, all remote attendees’ faces are displayed in
the screens/monitors in the rooms. The instructor is mic-ed and is tracked using a swivel camera (which follows the instructor as he/she moves around). The instructor uses the electronic whiteboard which is shared with all the students.

Class time can be spent on an initial activity following up on the
asynchronous content. This can mean “worksheet” prepared as a pdf
Document. All students, including those present in the classroom, work in small Zoom Breakout groups, reading from the same worksheet and filling in responses to the questions/problems. Students work together via a shared whiteboard.

The Zoom session is recorded.

Option B: Class divided into sections (M, W, or F, OR T or Th).

Class in-person meetings are synchronous, and are in the form of a flipped classroom in which students and professor work together solving problems that apply the economic principles discussed in the asynchronous taped “lecture”.

This example looks at a multiple section course in which the instructors work together on course prep. There are both asynchronous and synchronous components and faculty bring some students into the in-person environment with remote technology.

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