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Mediator is exactly
Teleworking
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2020-03-22
Professor Recording Class
An image of a 74 year old professor recording his classes in his former class room now that universities have moved to online instruction. Shows the age divide in ease of using technology and positive response from students who appreciate their professor's effort to continue their instruction. -
2020-03-24
My new coworker is a bit of a bitch.
The challenges of working from home. -
2020-03-24
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne deserted at 7.45 AM on a Tuesday morning
Flinders Street Station in Melbourne city is one of the busiest train stations in the metro network. Normally at 7.45 on a week day morning it would be thronged with commuters, all heading off to work. This morning it was almost deserted. From today almost all workplaces, other than those deemed 'essential' are closed and most people who can are working from home. I work at the Old Treasury Building in the city. We are a heritage site and museum, now closed of course. But we are trying to document the urban environment during this extraordinary crisis, while being extremely careful of our own exposure to risk. From time to time we will share some of our photos and experiences. 24 March 2020, 7.45 AM -
2020-03-22
First voice-over power point for first day of now online US history of medicine class.
First PowerPoint of 55 min recorded lecture. First time I’ve ever added voice over to PowerPoint images I usually show in class. Usually I see my students, I ask them questions and interact with them. I use the blackboard to underline points as well. They break into groups to discuss primary sources. It took 10 hours today, Sunday, to learn this new skill and translate my lecture into a new format: new images, voice recorded for each one. Most poignant is the first one in which I am saying hello, talking about the weird situation we are all in, telling them that i miss them, and that they should not worry. The goal is for them to learn as best they can under weird conditions but this class should not add to their stress. They need to take care of their own health and their families. The image represents what every professor in the country was asked to do over spring break—in the flurry of stress, shopping for possible 2-week quarantine, thinking about Home-schooling and absorbing conflicting information. And an election in Illinois and other states. We do as best we can because we care about our students. But the dozens of messages from the administration are unhelpful. This icommand from above for instantaneous online education represents hard work. We will all do the best we can. -
2020-03-21
"I Don't Want to Quarantine with your Roommates"
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March 11, 2020
UMass Boston COVID-19 Preparedness Update
Email from the five chancellors and the president of the University of Massachusetts system and UMass Boston Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Newman announcing the decision to shift to a remote-learning plan in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The email also lays out specific expectations for faculty, staff, and students to prepare for the shift to remote learning and limit the activities of the UMass Boston community. -
2020-03-18
It’s Unsettling
Reflections and concerns about the pandemic from a mid 30s middle-class woman working from home who has not left her home in five days to protect the elderly women that she lives with. -
March 17, 2020
Working remotely in the midst of a pandemic
ASU Professor Mark Tebeau works from home in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, using videoconferencing technology to participate in an interview with ASU Now that would otherwise have been done in person.