I‘d say it’s too late to really plan for Fall at this point. Most colleges and universities are looking at another round of emergency remote teaching. Right now, I’m gonna encourage every single teacher and institution to start planning and preparing for Spring.
Stop investing in Purell stations, Webcams, and Zoom contracts. Invest in faculty development. And not best practices or Q&A processes. Rely on experts in higher education pedagogy and create spaces for your faculty to have meaningful conversations about teaching and learning.
You don’t need to hire faculty in higher education pedagogy right now (but when you can, you should). Look to those already in your community who have been doing this work for decades. You do not need to reinvent the wheel of online, hybrid, digital, and inclusive pedagogies.
And if your institution hasn’t found a way to truly engage students in the decision-making process around Fall and Spring, start now. And not just with a committee or task force that has a single student representative. This is their education.
