@RachLoxton Unfortunately, I’m not surprised either and have heard of people doing all these things. Everyone wants a return to normal life and the newly announced freedoms for vaxxed people only adds pressure to this.
According to @GabrielMariya only 30% of teachers and professors feel confident in using technology in their classrooms. This is something that we need to work to change. #OEB20
16% of undergrads do not have access to the internet in the US; 60% of those in private homes have no private space to study — just some of the major hurdles learners face during COVID-19 #OEB20
"With the closure of Tegel, Berlin takes yet another step toward being the bland European capital it so desperately wants to be, at the expense of the great city it once was."
"If BER had opened on schedule, Tegel might well have slipped quietly out of service, mourned by few and remembered mostly for its inconveniences. But over the next ten years, something strange happened: Tegel became iconic..." by @Berlin_Type
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Last week, i had my students respond anonymously to the prompt "Things You Wish Your Professors Knew."
With their permission, paraphrasing the responses:
I had to teach my Introduction to Psychology class today to 300+ students from my cell phone while I was trapped in my apartment building elevator with my two young kids.
This has to go down as my most surreal and stressful teaching experience.
Rome has often sought out novel approaches to finance the monumental task of restoring and maintaining its sprawling stock of fountains, statues, historic palazzi and ancient archaeological sites. Now it's experimenting with corporate sponsors. https://t.co/CJhbgU14ep