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Grouping it up!
Shhhhh. It's quiet time.
Reflect and Adapt
Upon reflection of this class meeting, I have been pondering ways in which to adapt this course for an online environment. I believe everyone agrees that the undergraduate research experience is an invaluable aspect of college life, but those who are distance learners are at a serious disadvantage if they are unable to participate in research. In order to achieve this, I think i need to first reflect on each class day by day. To adapt the first day, we could hold a synchronous class through a platform like Blackboard Collaborate where students can still introduce themselves using video and audio feed just as we do in the face to face class. We can still share information about previous research experience, and even rank students with polling questions, and can even still form groups for classroom activities. The group project however may be difficult due to location barriers and each student may then have to do an individual project or if location allows, groups can form based on location. The "silent discussion" activity can still easily work on an online platform by utilizing either Blackboard's whiteboard in Collaborate or by using padlet.com. And then we can try to moderate discussions by "raising hands" so that not everyone talks at once and we just end up with noise and feedback.