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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Professor’s spouse lady is not doing UMD any favor. Are you sure this is not your DH’s Dept only?[/quote]

My spouse has tenure, so I could really care less. And yes, I am sure that his department isn't the only one.

This isn't just happening at UMD. Not defending it, but doing some portions of classes online saves the university money by conserving energy and class space.

Examples outside of DH's department:

English 101 https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/academicwriting/BlendedLearning
Psych 100: https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/201801/PSYC/PSYC100
Health 301 https://sph.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/BCH/BCH%20Syllabus%2017-18/DBCH_HLTH301_Fall2017_Slopen.pdf

Online teaching resources for faculty -- 
https://tltc.umd.edu/event/moving-online-course-design-and-development-retreat
https://tltc.umd.edu/options

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Sigh lady.. hope your DH cares at least.[/quote]

My DH cares a lot about his students, his teaching and his research. He has done extensive training and worked to redesign classes and make this format work. He offers more office hours than he used to (or are required) to ensure students have opportunities to ask questions or just talk about the class. He was very skeptical about this shift but decided to use it as an opportunity to learn new skills and find new ways of presenting the material and making time for class discussions.

What neither of us cares about is whether we make the university look good by informing people of how some courses are conducted.

It is what it is. If you don't like it, there are thousands of other colleges you can send your kid to, or you could try to lobby the UMD-CP president and deans to disallow any online teaching.

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