“You’re fired” is not such a funny meme right now.
The economic realities of the recent months are driving up unemployment to more than 30 million individuals, with furloughs and diminishing project work for most every American who is a non-essential worker. Being on the receiving end of that news is devastating.
Read MoreMillions of us are testing the limits of our own strength—physically, emotionally, mentally—whether in isolation, working from home or facing the enormous challenges of essential work and the multi-dimensional threats of COVID-19.
Read MoreRemote learning has exploded in the COVID-19 era.
Those new to the process may sometimes understate the work that goes into developing an online course. “It is much more than transcribing written courses into PowerPoints,” says Gloria Feldt, who has led dozens of remote learning classes as the co-founder and president of Take The Lead, a non-profit dedicated to gender equality, and as a long-time professor at Arizona State University. “To be worthwhile, it has to be much more nuanced, especially if the experience is to be successful for the student.”
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