2023 Winter - UDL Core Session 1 (AM Breakout 1) by Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter INSTRUCTIONS: This is the place to share your breakout room's discussion about the pre-work articles and your own experiences teaching since the start of the pandemic. Note your group's key takeaways for each discussion question here to share with the full group. en-us 2023-02-06 18:14:08 UTC 2023-02-07 16:27:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Disconnection between students, between instructors and students- especially on Zoom, not being in person & not always seeing people's faces/reactions in real time https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472046875 2023-02-07 16:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472046875 Pandemic exposed what was already happening and made it broadly visible - one size fits all doesn't https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472048285 2023-02-07 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472048285 I experienced the bulk of the pandemic @ NU as a PhD student in coursework; I am now teaching courses as a graduate instructor "post"-pandemic. It has been interesting and challenging to personally bridge the student vs. instructor experiences during this time. mgarcia1431 https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472052295 2023-02-07 16:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472052295 We felt what the students were feeling...exhausted, decreased performance, anxious on how to help ourselves AND our students. https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472057585 2023-02-07 16:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472057585 Fatigue! https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472058467 Fatigue from spending so much time online, Fatigue from trying to embrace every individual student's current situation, Fatigue from dealing with the frustration of students and mixed messaging from administration]]> 2023-02-07 16:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472058467 Paradigm shift: believe we can only teach in person to online. Since the pandemic, it has allowed more accessibility. https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472060311 2023-02-07 16:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472060311 the year back last year, masked, was in many ways harder: fatigue, adrenalin gone https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472063873 2023-02-07 16:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472063873 Anxiety/depression as a student preventing me (unknowingly) from making deep/long lasting connections with faculty for professional development purposes https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472064473 2023-02-07 16:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472064473 Difficulty balancing the restraints of departments/tech/content with our desire to provide flexibility; also considering the huge/exhausting amounts of labor required to pivot during the pandemic. https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472066046 2023-02-07 16:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/SearleCenter/coresession1am1_2023winter/wish/2472066046