Just read this. Wonder if we'll do the same.

https://www.10tv.com/article/ohio-state-canceling-person-...

My daughter is part of a group text with her Ohio University nursing instructor. Rumors are flying and there are discussions going on today about how to proceed after spring break.

Residence halls and dining plans are open, everything open, just not allowed near a person to person classroom

Monroe, I feel the same level of concern/fear on a somewhat different scale. At my school, we are planning for e-learning days if the students are kept out of school for an extended period due to quarantine procedures. This is for a K-4 school. There is no substitute for a professional educator. A computer lesson and activity cannot replace the teacher. However, that is the message we seem to be sending, saying that learning from home is as good as learning at school. I hate the message this sends. It de-values what we are offering our students.

I think the message is to be safe and make the best of it you can. Who is arguing online is better than in person?

Yeah, I get you. But the only alternative I see is to punt. 50% is better than 0% and the difference can be made up later.

https://community.brightspace.com/s / I am a certified online instructor with Sinclair Community College. Brightspace is a online site that whose purpose is to facilitate online courses with instructors and administrators having access to a wide range of resources. It has a forum where one can go and read and participate in the topic threads being discussed. Numerous universities and colleges are linked through there. Hope this helps answer your request.

I hope you were all wearing your hazmat suits.

This is what i will say i am sort of a life long learner. I joined the navy out of high school. I have taking classes on a ship where we had a college professor for 6 months. I took classes on base through St. leo college, and southern illinois university, i have taken in person classes at. Old dominion, norfolk state, william and mary, Rio grande and Ohio university.

I have also taken online classes through ohio state, rio grande and Penn state university. Some of the online classes were easy and a joke. But i also have had several in person classes over the years that were very easy.

The hardest classes i have ever taken have been online. in the fall semester i took a online class that we had a lot of group projects to work on. I would say most good online classes require you to put in the same amount of time if not more time then most in person classes that i had.

I also must say in most situations my instructors seemed to have much more time for me online then in person. I have even had the same instructor for a online class then for a in person class. I thought his online class was much harder. Definitely a lot more work that had to be done.

This is where I think online classes lack substance:

"Plus they would be able to post questions, both for private and group viewing."

As we all know, tone, inflection and meaning are often lost in typing and reading typed material plus a conversation is only as good as the timely participation of the members of the conversation. I taught history, sociology, consumer economics, and contemporary world problems. The last three were heavily dependent upon lively student discussions.

On-line classes I have taken have been online video conferencing through web-ex. Just like being in the classroom, live interaction and you can see your classmates and whoever is talking. Only difference is you can stay in your underwear.

Yes, my sister has taught many French classes to the branches (err regional campuses) this way over a number years. In these cases the students were in a classroom on the other campuses, but with today’s technology they could just as well be at home.

There's an article in The Post that O.U. will not resume "in person" classes for the rest of Spring semester.

Guess that means "virtual graduation" too.