TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 73: Field Report #6: “Message-Infused” Communications During COVID

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Stakeholder communications are especially important during a crisis. What do you do when communications are misinterpreted? Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through COVID-era communication strategies. This episode is the sixth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19.

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Coffee Links
  • Spirit-Infused (Bourbon) Coffee from Fire Department Coffee
  • Fire Department Coffee (Rockford, Illinois)
    • Content Links
    • From Pew Charitable Trusts: “College Students Want Their Money Back. It’ll Be Tough to Get It.”
    • From Expert Institute: “More Than 70 Universities Sued for Refunds Following COVID-19 Campus Closures”
    • In Inside Higher Ed: “August Wave of Campus Reopening Reversals”
    • Communication Examples from UCF
      • “Distance Learning” Webpage about Quality Online Learning at UCF
      • Modalities Video: “Types of Courses at UCF”
      • Tom’s “Distance Learning” 5 minute Q&A YouTube video
      • Video: Student Virtual Forum on Fall 2020 (Cued to Online Cost Question)
      • Student-produced Video from UCF Honors Students: “Important Things and Stuff: Class Modalities”
      • Steven Crawford’s Tweet on the Agricultural Basis of Alcohol
      • TOPcast Episode #1: “What is Online Learning? Definitions, Boundary Objects, and Baggage”
      • TOPcast Episode #67: “Field Report 03: Carrying Out a ‘More Online Every Semester’ Strategy”
      • TOPcast Episode #71: “Field Report 05: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach”
        • UCF Job Postings (Mentioned in this Episode)
        • Director of Instructional Design
        • Full-Time Faculty Instructional Designers (Will post direct link soon. Search for “instructional designer”)
          • Just for Fun Pop Culture Links
          • Mailbag Clip from “Miracle on 34th Street”
            • Extra Special Feature
            • Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)
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