{"id":248,"date":"2020-06-18T08:47:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T13:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:23:01","slug":"where-to-start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/where-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate with your students early and often<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide regular communication, especially early on, about how the course instruction will proceed, how you will be communicating with them, and how you want them to communicate with you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular communication and quick feedback on course activities will also help students feel connected and remain invested.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider realistic goals for continuing instruction<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remote instruction will often need to proceed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">asynchronously<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to account for the variability of student\u2019s access to technology. With that in mind, consider what amount of the original material is still possible to cover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What lectures, discussions and activities can be preserved and do they need to be rearranged to allow for asynchronous access?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What synchronous elements are feasible for you and your students (e.g., using video or text chat for scheduled office hours, video conferencing for real-time discussions)?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose tools and practices familiar to you and your students<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider which technologies are feasible to adopt easily in order to avoid a steep learning curve for you and your students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>At St. Olaf, Moodle and Google tools both offer the means to share content, collect assignments, and have discussions. More specific information about their different capabilities can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/strategies\/\">strategies<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate changes in course expectations &amp; assignments<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just as you would establish classroom expectations, consider how that will change with remote instruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How often should students be involved in the course material?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can they expect of the faculty?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How should collaboration and communication take place?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communicate with your students early and often Provide regular communication, especially early on, about how the course instruction will proceed, how you will be communicating with them, and how you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hybrid-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}