A university professor recording his lesson in an empty class room to stream it online for his students at the Bicocca University in Milan, Italy. Right now the whole world is experimenting with a different method of instruction, and that experiment is bound to cast further doubt on how we’ve been teaching for centuries. — Reuters
As a professor at one of the many schools that have responded to the coronavirus threat by cancelling in-person classes, I find myself wondering whether our students will discover what many of us secretly fear: that the classroom isn’t really necessary for learning.
Observers have been pointing to all sorts of ways in which the current moment might change the world forever. From the serious – the twilight of the handshake or the permanence of the face mask – to the trivial – the end of locker-room access after sporting events – life is expected to be different even after the virus burns itself out. The same may be true of traditional classroom instruction.
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