Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Better online courses and more online offerings will greet Wright State University students this fall semester thanks to the faculty’s strong response to training and their creative approaches to remote teaching.
In an effort to protect the safety and well-being of everyone on Wright State’s Dayton and Lake campuses, many students are expected to take many remote courses.
“The online courses are going to be even better this fall semester because faculty are more prepared to teach online classes, there will be greater use of online interactive technologies, and faculty are coming up with innovative ways to engage students while also making student connections in this online space,” said Lisa Kenyon, faculty director for the university’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
Because remote instruction has dramatically evolved and benefited from technology improvements, many classes, though remote in their delivery, will offer students a real-time, traditional classroom learning experience.
Wright State is planning for a fall semester that includes a combination of remote, flexible delivery, and safe, socially distant, in-person classes.
When Wright State moved to remote learning in March to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, CTL became a nerve center of instruction for remote teaching. During spring semester, CTL provided training and distance learning programs that enabled faculty to quickly transform their in-person courses to an emergency remote teaching mode.
