The Chronicle of Higher Education

Let’s Not Return to Normal When the ‘New Normal’ Finally Arrives

August 02, 2021

Morton O. Schapiro, President, Northwestern University writes: The students loved having classes recorded. One admitted that recordings had made it easier to sleep in and miss class, but others said that they appreciated being able to rewatch a lecture or discussion session in order to revisit points that were confusing. Another said that several of her professors had used the Zoom format to invite expert guests from all over the world to participate in classes, something that happened much less frequently when teaching was in person. Several reported that viewing professors in their living spaces — with children, partners, and pets roaming by — had made it easier in some ways to get to know them as real people.

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