You are not alone when unplanned circumstances require you to use various technologies and instructional strategies to continue your teaching. This page provides general guidance to help you teach from a distance when you or your students cannot meet on campus during temporary closures. For specific guidance regarding an emerging situation, be sure to monitor communications from OUR, UNCW administration, and College/School/Department leadership.
Situating a Rapid Pivot to Online Instruction
There will be times when you need to quickly adapt your courses and teaching to support students who are remote or unable to travel to campus. These temporary measures can mitigate the impact of a disruption in the semester. Still, we should recognize that a rapid pivot differs from designing and delivering high-quality online instruction. While this site offers some guidance about the minimum steps that all instructors should take at the outset of a shift to remote learning, the degree to which instructors develop new activities and utilize new technologies will vary based on the needs of the class and the duration of the pivot.
Even if you still need to develop a concrete plan for this pivot, communicate with your students in writing as soon as possible. This message can inform students that changes are coming and state how (and how often) you would like students to check email to receive additional updates from you. You can also remind students that they will likely be using the Learning Management System (Canvas) much more during this temporary disruption to on-campus learning.
As you adjust your course plans, build in some flexibility in case the situation takes longer to resolve than you think. Some helpful guiding questions to consider include:Resources and Tools
Remember that you are not alone in times that require a pivot to remote instruction. The Office of Distance Education and eLearning (DEeL) has curated the following links to resources and tools and may add additional resources as more information emerges.