Broad Strokes & Initial Steps

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak the face to face courses I teach at Algonquin College are going online for "remote" learning. This series of posts is an ongoing journal documenting my prep for delivering classes online in September. This journal series will contain all my ideas, resources, and prep and act as a reflective piece to help me plan the curriculum.

For the last two months we have been wrapping up the last semester and coming to terms with the new "normal" of social distancing and isolation. I can not say that this has been easy but I do not have it as hard as some people do. Over the last few weeks we were asked if we could run our program online, and second to begin to plan for online or "remote" delivery. Luckily I work with very innovative colleagues and we developed a rough idea of how the program would work online.

Some courses like Digital Imaging, History, and Multimedia are easier to transition to online delivery. Others like Print and Studio are more challenging, here are my initial ideas for Print:

1. Printing - use VPN to have the student print remotely in tandem with me broadcasting from the Print Lab via Zoom. The students will get a feel for the process of printing.

2. Theory - print theory will be delivered as video tutorials.

3. Paper - create a print package for the students with all the paper they will be using for the semester so they get a tactile feel for the paper.

4. Learning Management System (LMS) - update the course curriculum on Brightspace for online delivery.

These are very broad strokes, now it is time to plan, prep, and write, stay safe.