Transitioning a class to online midsemester

[polly_mer]

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What/248207

[secundem_artem]

Various of my professional associations hold committee meetings via Zoom.  I have yet to attend a Zoom meeting where we did not spend the first 20 minutes going "I can't hear you.  There's a bad echo.  Your camera is not on."  And after 45 minutes the session dies Zoom kicks us all off and we all log in again and repeat the process.

And since Artem U does not support Zoom we've been advised "you're on your own" if we try to move to online using non uni supported software.

[hungry_ghost]

Various of my professional associations hold committee meetings via Zoom.  I have yet to attend a Zoom meeting where we did not spend the first 20 minutes going "I can't hear you.  There's a bad echo.  Your camera is not on."  And after 45 minutes the session dies Zoom kicks us all off and we all log in again and repeat the process.

And since Artem U does not support Zoom we've been advised "you're on your own" if we try to move to online using non uni supported software.

I was told "Use zoom, it's what our university supports. But it will crash, so you can't actually use it, but it's the approved platform."
I wish I were joking.

[polly_mer]

This just showed up in my Twitter feed: https://sites.google.com/view/idernetwork/home

FWIW, I have a Zoom teleconference every month and it's fine with the under 10 of us.

[FishProf]

We had a field trip to Florida cancelled, so we planned local field trips; now cancelled.  I guess I can go and videotape what I was gonna show the students....

Where will the students get the fish to study if they don't go on the field trip?

There's a pond on campus......

[mamselle]

I'm picturing knotted string, bent pins, and angular tree branches a la 《The Little Rascals》fishing expeditions...

;--}

M.

[FishProf]

I'm picturing knotted string, bent pins, and angular tree branches a la 《The Little Rascals》fishing expeditions...

;--}

M.

We'll do noodling.  That's hands-on.

[mamselle]

I had to look it up, but it is what I thought it was....

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling

Ewwwww!!!!!

M.

P.S., it's illegal in all but 14 states, most of which are in the south and a few in the midwest....

[apl68]

I had to look it up, but it is what I thought it was....

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling

Ewwwww!!!!!

M.

P.S., it's illegal in all but 14 states, most of which are in the south and a few in the midwest....

It's legal here, but I don't get the impression too many people actually try it.  Catfish are well-known to be something you don't want to touch with your bare hands.  Plus people know that there are other things lurking around down there.

[Puget]

First online seminar class today-- worked pretty well, though less discussion than in person unsurprisingly. All but 2 students showed up, students presented, everyone was patient and a good sport about things.

I let them share/vent for a while in the beginning. They mostly seem OK just stressed and the seniors are pretty sad about losing their last semester with friends here, and probably commencement.

[mamselle]

The parent of one of my students is her (large) school's go-to person for online learning.

She's been up every night until midnight just answering emails....

M.

[polly_mer]

  https://medium.com/@contact.josecc/how-to-move-your-course-online-and-be-successful-6098b4a0823d

[polly_mer]

https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Make-Your-Online-Pivot/248239

[spork]

http://activelearningps.com/2020/03/12/tips-for-moving-instruction-online/

[backatit]

I had to look it up, but it is what I thought it was....

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling

Ewwwww!!!!!

M.

P.S., it's illegal in all but 14 states, most of which are in the south and a few in the midwest....

That they had to ban it tells you people actually do it. The thought of sticking my hand into a cave in Southern waters gives me the absolute creeps.