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Teaching online this Fall?

To learn how we can make Fall semester better, we asked students (n=60) what professors did when spring courses went online that showed they CARE about their students.

Here's what they said....

(full report coming soon!)

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A very popular response was professor accessibility via frequent office hours and email made students feel cared for. Quick responses and lots of opportunities to connect were very appreciated. 2/x
Next, students appreciated professor flexibility and relaxing of certain course policies (e.g., grading, deadlines, test taking procedures). Being at home made their schedules more chaotic and brought up new challenges. Flexibility helped make it work and eased the stress. 3/x
Students really loved when professors took a break from lecture to just talk about....ALL OF IT. Life, the news, how it's going, frustrations, etc.

Just saying, "hey everyone, this is hard, let's talk about it" went a long way. 4/x
Students especially loved when professors made individual reach outs to students asking how it's going and if they need to talk about anything or offering one-on-one confidential talks. This conveyed #empathy and made them feel they had an ear if they needed one. 💙

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Next, students said they really appreciated being asked for feedback on how things in class were going. Mid-semester evaluations or just informal feedback on whether something is working were mentioned.

Def an easy thing to build into the semester! 6/x
Next, professor showing mastery of the tech and using tech creatively were both perceived as the professor caring and making an effort. Even a positive attitude about the tech seemed to convey that message. 7/x
Finally, professor timeliness with posting lectures, assignments, getting exams back, and all other responsibilities was perceived as a sign the professor cares. 8/x
Most of these are super easy to build into fall courses!

Would love to hear what you all did or have planned to engage and connect with your students! Please share!

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College students return to campus in a few weeks. We wanted to know their thoughts about quarantine, symptom tracking, contact tracing, and mask wearing on campus, so my grad student @laurie_groshon and I did focus groups to find out.

Here’s what students told us

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First, we asked them about the required 14 day quarantine before the semester starts. Every student we asked said that this is not realistic and will likely fail. 😳

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They pointed out that students are eager to see each other and will find a way to do so when they arrive on campus. They said that students who live 1-2 hours away will try to find a way to go home. They said off campus students will likely find their way on campus. 😬

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I’m seeing a lot of talk about the role of “personal responsibility” in behavior (& behavioral interventions).

The idea is that if people just took more “responsibility” they would be doing the things we think they should be doing.

This thinking is a dead end.

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If a person exercises regularly or wears a mask, one might conclude this person has taken “personal responsibility.” But personal responsibility doesn’t actually explain ❓why❓ a behavior has occurred.

It is simply a subjective judgment about one’s character.

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To gain an understanding of why a behavior is occurring we instead need to examine the contextual factors that cue and reinforce the behavior for that individual, both at present and in their past.

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A THREAD (AND AN OFFER!) for front line doc and nurse researchers! 😷🩺🩹

FRONT LINERS: Was your plan to submit an NIH grant interrupted by #covid19?

We want to help YOU for helping us. 🙏1/x
We appreciate your 100% clinic commitment 💜and want to help the research stay alive! 💪

THE DEAL: A team of NIH-funded researchers has offered to provide volunteer peer reviews of your R or K proposal drafts you intended (or still intend) to submit on the next NIH deadline. 2/x
How will this work?

I will match you and your proposal to a volunteer reviewer who will give you comments and feedback just like an NIH reviewer would. 3/x
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