Professors Embrace New Technology to Adapt to Online Instruction | Science - Columbia University

Laura K. Nicholas, communications and outreach manager at Columbia's Center for Teaching and Learning notes, With the help of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia faculty have harnessed Zoom, CourseWorks, and other digital tools for their remote classrooms. 

Professor Rym Bettaieb's Arabic class meets in a Zoom session online. Bettaieb is top center; visiting filmmaker Farah AlHashim is top left.

As an unprecedented fall semester progresses, Columbia faculty members have been busy figuring out the most effective ways to adapt their courses to online and hybrid/HyFlex formats. Professors are exploring how to use technology intentionally to produce the best learning experience for their students.

“The individual and collaborative efforts of faculty have been remarkable. All of us who are teaching this semester have felt some anxiety about relying on a virtual medium, and that anxiety has been channeled into wonderfully productive conversations about teaching,” said Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia College...

Here several faculty members from around campus share their experiences shifting to online teaching and offer suggestions: 

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Catherine Ross and Amanda Irvin assisted her with this story.

Source: Columbia University