What if you gave a Zoom class and nobody came? That was my nightmare come true when I tried to teach my first online class in March. Many professors had taught online for years, by choice. Not me. I ...

In February 2020, if anyone had asked me to teach a class online, I would have flatly refused. Nope. Never. No way, San José! Plato and Socrates taught in person, and so did I. Why? Because the best ...

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. class via Zoom, she has to remember that it isn’t 11 a.m. for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt ...

With college courses now online, professors and instructors are looking for ways to make the students’ experience the best it can be. The principles of inclusive teaching — the practice of embracing ...

Even in schools offering face-to-face instruction this fall, one “class” of students likely won’t be the coherent unit that it was in past years. Within one 5th grade class, for example, students may ...

It can work well in some circumstances, but so far does not seem like an adequate substitute for conventional classroom instruction for large classes. Like most academics, I have had to teach and ...

“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

Imagine you're crafting the perfect welcome message for an international student taking your online class. In a few sentences: Greet your student warmly. Reassure them about time zones and internet ...

In Margaret Boyle's new class, students are teaching world languages to elementary school children in Brunswick. At the same time, they are conveying another important lesson. The Bowdoin students are ...

A study published by Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, and The Washington Post’s interpretation of it, shows the dangers of trying to analyze change, in this case, the transition from ...

Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part post. These days, it’s common to hear students say, “I’m taking online classes and it’s like I’m teaching myself.” And it’s equally common to hear parents express ...

With less than a month before most schools in the country are scheduled to start, many teachers still don’t know how they will be conducting classes this fall. Each model brings its own challenges.