Episode 65: Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future

About Episode 65:

Hosts Kelvin and Tom ponder the long term effects of the coronavirus on higher education. This episode is the second in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. 

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Coffee Links

• Honduras Santa Barbara Finca Las Brisas Denis Teruel from Victrola Coffee Roasters
• Fog Chaser in Keurig K-Cups (San Francisco Bay Company)

Content Links

• In Inside Higher Ed: “How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Learning”
• Phil Hill’s Blog Posting: “The Unlikeliest Scenario: Fully Face-to-Face Programs in Fall 2020“
• Bryan Alexander’s Blog Posting: “Higher Education in Fall 2020: Three Pandemic Scenarios”
• In The Atlantic: “After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits”
• In Bloomberg News: “What Returning to Work Will Look Like in Offices, Cafes and Factories Around the World”
• Aisha Ahmad’s Recommendations on Preparing for the Long Term in Academia: “Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure” in The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Just for Fun: Pop Culture Background on Tom’s: “Holy Remote Teaching, Batman!”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)