We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19
ABSTRACT The majority of academic institutions were underprepared for a global pandemic, leading to spikes in instructor anxiety and drops in student engagement with STEM courses. With many STEM professors teaching online for the first time, they independently sought out training in distance educati...
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| author | Lisa L. Walsh Robert J. Bills Stanley M. Lo Emily M. Walter Benjamin E. Weintraub Michelle D. Withers |
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| description | ABSTRACT The majority of academic institutions were underprepared for a global pandemic, leading to spikes in instructor anxiety and drops in student engagement with STEM courses. With many STEM professors teaching online for the first time, they independently sought out training in distance education and inclusive teaching practices. Had institutions been proactive in providing such professional development prior to the pandemic, the negative impacts of transitioning to online education would have been reduced. While recent events are still fresh in people’s minds, we advocate for increased or maintained professional development opportunities for STEM instructors in order to protect this critical pedagogical support from budget cuts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f0905a12204429ba274d26e574122a32022-12-22T01:10:14ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologyJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education1935-78771935-78852022-04-0123110.1128/jmbe.00323-21We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19Lisa L. Walsh0Robert J. Bills1Stanley M. Lo2Emily M. Walter3Benjamin E. Weintraub4Michelle D. Withers5Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USABinghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USAUniversity of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USACalifornia State University - Fresno, Fresno, California, USABinghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USABinghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USAABSTRACT The majority of academic institutions were underprepared for a global pandemic, leading to spikes in instructor anxiety and drops in student engagement with STEM courses. With many STEM professors teaching online for the first time, they independently sought out training in distance education and inclusive teaching practices. Had institutions been proactive in providing such professional development prior to the pandemic, the negative impacts of transitioning to online education would have been reduced. While recent events are still fresh in people’s minds, we advocate for increased or maintained professional development opportunities for STEM instructors in order to protect this critical pedagogical support from budget cuts.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00323-21emergency educationfacultyinstructorprofessional developmentsupport |
| spellingShingle | Lisa L. Walsh Robert J. Bills Stanley M. Lo Emily M. Walter Benjamin E. Weintraub Michelle D. Withers We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19 Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education emergency education faculty instructor professional development support |
| title | We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19 |
| title_full | We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19 |
| title_short | We Can’t Fail Again: Arguments for Professional Development in the Wake of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | we can t fail again arguments for professional development in the wake of covid 19 |
| topic | emergency education faculty instructor professional development support |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00323-21 |
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