Using technologies such as Zoom in our teaching can give students the opportunity to interact with us – and each other – in real time.Ìý While we in the OTL recommend that no more than 50% of your course be synchronous, providing at least some opportunities for these real-time interactions can help create the sense of community and connection that is so critical in this time when many of our students are likely feeling isolated and disconnected.Ìý
In a Town Hall conversation that drew nearly 750 viewers, University ofÌýÂé¶¹Ô´´ Chancellor Jeremy Haefner brought the DU community together virtually to share stories and reflect on the ways teaching, learning and social engagement have evolved over the past two months.