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Stephen Downes

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David White has a few thoughts worth noting in this course. He writes, "If you'd asked me what moving to 100% online over about three weeks would look like then I'd have predicted some kind of socio-tech disaster. Instead, it's spectacular how quickly everyone has adapted and how well the tech has held up." So he observes, "It's definitive that we don't scrutinise that which we are normalised to. As such, we tend not to ask too many questions of face-to-face teaching around themes like engagement and participation." One such: contact hours. "Instead of thinking in terms of Contact Hours we should move to the concept of presence -the extent to which a member of teaching staff is present and in what mode." This could come in many forms, he adds, providing us with a list.

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