UF’s Pandemic Planning
Current planning efforts to mitigate the effect of an H1N1 virus pandemic on the academic programs of UF are designed to:
- Provide access to content and review activities for students who miss class due to the pandemic;
- Provide teaching continuity if the instructor is ill;
- Provide for instruction continuation through online resources when and if normally scheduled classes are suspended.
The tools available to accomplish these objectives include:
- Create and make available E-learning System course accounts for faculty who choose to use this system.
- Install lecture capture equipment in all large auditoria (200+ seating capacity) and capture as many lectures as possible for delivery to enrolled students through the web.
- Provide information for instructors in regards to other tools that can be used to create instructional activity for asymmetric delivery.
Information about these resources along with training, tutorials, and support details is now available at www.at.ufl.edu/flu .
Successful response to this situation will depend primarily on the faculty. The response mechanisms outlined above are intended to assist. The objective is teaching continuity. The time for planning is now. Please share with me any suggestions or concerns.
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Posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009.