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Why I Will Miss Zoom Teaching
Professors have talked a lot about the downsides of online synchronous teaching, but it’s had some benefits, too.
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With Covid cases dropping and vaccination rates climbing, many facets of life are returning to pre-pandemic levels. Presumably, this means that many faculty members will teach courses in person on campus this fall. That prospect got me thinking about the past three semesters of virtual teaching, and what I’ve realized is that despite their well-known problems Zoom classes created some wonderful pedagogical moments for me and my students.
While digital overload and Zoom fatigue were real, the experience was, at times, truly extraordinary. My students and I were able to connect, collaborate, and create community in ways that were unimaginable two years ago within the context of a college course.