by mohammad meerzaei<\/em><\/p>\n
t<\/a>eaching first-year writing courses, dr. clements found herself in an especially demanding situation when shifting to online teaching. not only did she have to manage a swift transition to online teaching, but she also had to help freshman students face the challenges of adapting to college, now intensified with this crisis. she tells us what online teaching taught her about helping students, particularly around motivation and time management, and how educational technology has assisted her in remapping her teaching.<\/em><\/p>\n
clements also reports that this year\u2019s adaptive teaching has provided her with useful opportunities to learn educational technologies new to her. producing clickable rubrics with the help of gradescope<\/em><\/a> (an online grading platform available via brightspace) has helped her grade more efficiently and provide students more useful feedback on their work. for her reading-heavy course on macromolecular chemistry, she has been using perusall<\/em><\/a> (an online platform for group reading and annotating texts, also available via brightspace) to ensure that all students are keeping up with the readings. she finds perusall helpful for responding to students\u2019 comments on the reading and talking to students as needed through the process of the reading. she plans to continue using both of these tools when classes resume in person.<\/p>\n
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