I hope you are well and safe! My institution plans to open in seat this Fall with social distancing conventions in place. I will be teaching a 30 student class in a large room so that students can remain spaced out. Moving close enough for group work is not an option--moving at all will not be an option. I'm thinking through my options for implementing as much active learning as possible. One option I'm considering is re-flipping my classroom to a more traditional class and requiring virtual group work outside of class. It worked okay during my asynchronous summer class. Students met virtually throughout the week for the quizzes and application exercises and submitted the application exercises on a shared Google doc. The quality of their work was not as high as it is when we meet in person, but I'm not too bent out of shape over it, because: pandemic--there are worse problems in the world right now! 🤪). I figure that during our class time, I'll conduct independent active learning exercises and whole class discussions interspersed with short clarifying lectures. But, I would love to hear what everyone in similar situations is doing! And if you have any ideas on how to conduct small group work while remaining at least six feet away from your group members, please share! ☺️

Best,

Katie