Most recent public comments by Mrs. Alyssa Sodke https://nowcomment.com/users/147506 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377143?scroll_to=3328627 https://nowcomment.com/documents/377143?scroll_to=3328627 The difference between online learning (OL) and emergency remote teaching (ERT) is preparation and design. OL courses, whether synchronous or asynchronous, are planned: resources curated, schedules made, assignments created, LMS training, etc. They can also be adjusted each time the course is taught, to make it a more effective course. ERT is more akin to the newly certified teacher stepping into their own classroom for the first time. The walls are bare, there's no textbooks, and no cooperating teacher to help guide you. You are left to reinvent the wheel. On top of that, many of your students have no experience being in a classroom. My anecdotal experience with ERT during the Covid-19 pandemic, is that instructors and learners were thrown into a platform for learning, that they were largely unfamiliar with. Instead of the flow of an organized, well planned course, students got disjointed activities, making learning feel like a chore rather than an exploration of the content. Instructors who teach in-person need plans in place for ERT. It is important that institutions provide these instructors with OL course design experts, who can give them advice on designing ERT content for an existing in-person course. In-person lessons can be quickly adapted for synchronous/asynchronous learning, with the right tools and pedagogy. I certainly agree with the authors of the text, that ERT is a different beast from OL. ERT Will become another pedagogical area of study for learning design. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:01:54 -0400