TOPIC: student consultation on moving class online
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This is the FREN 102 version; the email sent to FREN 101 students from their instructor would have had adaptations, adapting \u201cour class\u201d items for your<\/strong> class: lesson plans if meeting on different days, etc.; and changes (“I” here below = O’Brien) so that students sent their questionnaire to their instructor, as it was about your<\/strong> class and its specifics, not the course in general.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Dear students,<\/span><\/p>\n I hope you are all doing well.\u00a0You may have seen UBC\u2019s announcement on Friday evening<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n March 13, 2020 announcement: UBC is transitioning to online classes effective Monday March 16, 2020<\/a> for the remainder of the term. For classes that cannot be accommodated online, we will be issuing further information through our Faculties.\u00a0 This will apply to UBC Vancouver, UBC Okanagan and UBC Robson Square.<\/span><\/p>\n UBC\u2019s campuses will remain open and all university operations will continue as normal, as we transition. For full details of this announcement visit\u00a0https:\/\/broadcastemail.ubc.ca\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2014https:\/\/www.ubc.ca\/campus-notifications\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our class is \u201conlinising\u201d and languages are the kind of class that don\u2019t \u201ctranslate\u201d easily (unlike, say, simple large-lecture teaching). So here\u2019s what\u2019s happening next …\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Our department is going to take\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Monday 16 March<\/a><\/span>\u00a0off from teaching new material to prepare the rest of the semester for our \u201conlinised\u201d classes and exams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2)\u00a0<\/span>Test 2, which was scheduled for Monday, is postponed until\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Friday 20 March<\/a><\/span>. It will be an open-book take-home online, and a different kind of test<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n 3) [FREN 102 VERSION] For this start to online classes, you can work independently or in groups. (We\u2019ll move on to more sophistication about online groups the week after next).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [O’BRIEN FREN 102-205 VERSION] 4)\u00a0<\/span>New Syllabus<\/span>:\u00a0On Monday, consulting with colleagues, I will modify the original syllabus including changes to checking the\u00a0<\/span>Cahier<\/span>\u00a0and the in-person attendance and academic concession request \/ absence reporting policy. (Sneak preview: I\u2019m probably using participation in Canvas Discussions for that\u2014subject to your replies to item (6) below\u2014and keeping Discussions open after class, not setting any closing time or indeed day on them.) I\u2019ll circulate the new syllabus to you by email and Canvas Announcement on\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Tuesday 17 March<\/a><\/span>. It will also be published on Canvas.<\/span><\/p>\n 5)\u00a0<\/span>Office Hours<\/span>:\u00a0I will be keeping the same office hours but they\u2019ll now be online, probably (see next point) using Canvas Discussion as chat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nQuick version of\u00a0<\/span>lesson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>plans for next week<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nIn our class, I\u2019ll use Canvas > Discussion for live text-based chat during class. You can also use it among yourselves during class time and outside it, and I\u2019ll answer any remaining unanswered questions there during office hours.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n