{"id":6570,"date":"2020-10-27T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:38:29","slug":"professors-adapt-to-teaching-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/10\/27\/professors-adapt-to-teaching-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors adapt to teaching online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Liam Schmidt \u201922, Staff Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the fall semester continues,\nmore professors are choosing to switch their courses from in-person to online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaime Fettrow-Alderfer, assistant\nprofessor of English and advisor of La Vie Collegienne, is among those teaching\nremotely. Although she made the decision to switch in late September, she had\nbeen considering all of her options since the beginning of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI gave it a good try, but\nthen I started to feel nervous about the situation,\u201d she said. \u201cIt just became apparent\nthat in the best interests of my family, I make the transition to remote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first several weeks\nof classes, Fettrow-Alderfer felt comfortable on campus but ultimately\nconcluded that the potential harm to her family was too great. Her hesitancy to\ntransition to online was due mainly to her investment in face-to-face student\nand teacher interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy preference is to be in-person,\u201d\nshe said. \u201cIt was such a hard decision because I feel like Zoom is effective,\ncertainly, but it\u2019s hard when you have a class of more than ten students. I\nwant to be in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Fettrow-Alderfer has\nnot encountered many issues with classes online, teaching has become more of a\nchallenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are things that I can\norally explain in a classroom far better than I can in Zoom,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean\nZoom fatigue is real. I try to be mindful of that because a lot of students\nspend their entire day on Zoom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although working from home\nhas its challenges, Fettrow-Alderfer has also acknowledged some positive\ntakeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, the best benefit is that I can ensure the safety of my family as much as one can ensure that during a pandemic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that their whole family\nis now quarantined has also made another special member of the household noticeably\nhappier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the family dog has\nwon the lottery,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a win-win for her and us because we get to\nspend so much time with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fettrow-Alderfer will be teaching remotely in the spring as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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