Creating a Welcoming and Engaging Environment in an Entirely Online Biomedical Engineering Course.

ABSTRACT: In the spring of 2020, brick and mortar colleges had to abruptly adapt to the reality of COVID-19 and transition to entirely online environments in a manner of weeks. This required a rapid (< 2 weeks) acquisition of knowledge and flexibility in using technology, most commonly Zoom. Upon completion of the semester, and after debriefing with numerous faculty teaching required courses across the biomedical engineering department at ____ University, the most common comments were that the online engagement and the online environment were nothing close to the traditional classroom environment: students were less likely to show up; less likely to enable their cameras so you could see their faces; and less likely to ask or answer questions in class. To address these issues, in this paper we make e

SUBMITTER: Bucholz EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497222 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature