On Michigan Radio, Elizabeth Moje talks about U-M’s plans for instruction in the Fall 

“It’s going to be both exciting and challenging because we are going to have multiple kinds of instruction,” Moje said about Fall classes at the University of Michigan. Moje discussed three broad types of instruction that the university will employ during the semester: remote, in-person, and hybrid instruction. Moje explained the process for determining how each course will be delivered and what each designation means. 

Baer asked Moje about what she and others have discovered about learning design due to the abrupt changes forced by the pandemic. While noting the benefits of in-person instruction that are sorely missed by many during this time, Moje also pointed out that some students have engaged in their courses and with each other in new ways through remote instruction. “I saw wonderful ways that my students were interacting with each other online that were so heartening,” she said, referring to her experience teaching online during the Winter. She also noted the some students were actually more inclined to participate in her asynchronous course because the interactions were primarily in written form and the students had more time to reflect before responding in discussions. 

Moje is confident that the education that Michigan students will receive this upcoming semester will meet the typical caliber for which the university is known. Though instructors will have to work even harder to deliver their courses, she thinks that this experience may even “deepen our commitment to instruction.”