BU’s Olympic Athletes Going for Gold
Julimar Avila (Sargent’19), a BU swimming and diving alum, will be representing Honduras when she swims in the women’s 200-meter butterfly in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of BU Athletics Olympics
In Tokyo, one student and two alums are competing in swimming, sailing, and field hockey
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This summer’s Olympic Games are like none before. Between spectator-less stadiums, the Olympic Village’s cardboard beds, and strict lockdown protocols for athletes to contain COVID-19, competitors headed to Tokyo are in for a one-of-a-kind experience to say nothing of having had to train for the highest level of sport during a pandemic.
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Thousands of classes and courses sections were moved in two weeks.
In the last year, significant investments have been made in technology to help facilitate a combination of different formats for learning and classes online and remote, in-person, hybrid and other teaching methods such as synchronous and asynchronous learning. In some ways, the pandemic has hastened a conversation around the different ways and the best ways students learn, particularly since our students have grown up with sophisticated technology at their fingertips.
To discuss trends in both technology and teaching, Behind the Blue talked with experts on campus who are exploring what’s new in these fields as well as what works best for students and faculty when it comes to learning.