Shared Teachers’ Perceptions on Transitioning to Remote Teaching: “Fight, Flight, or Freeze” Response

Session Description

The COVID-19 lockdown took place in mid-March 2019, which impacted K-12 and higher education institutions. It created a stressful situation for most educators, given the demands of changes in teaching practices from face-to-face to online—the persistent worry of getting sick triggers psycho-social and physiological adaptations to the individual. With about 8-10 weeks remaining in the spring term, educators responded to the rapidly changing situation towards a "fight or flight" response. Most were unprepared to react and found themselves struggling in engaging their students. The presenter surveyed how educators survived the transition during the summer, especially when shifting their teaching practices to remote or online formats. Based on survey data collected, the presentation will describe the shared teachers' perceptions in managing the teaching and learning landscape for the second half of spring 2020. The discussion will cover factors and decisions to change the teaching formats, tools, and applications to support the changing practices. Also, the presenter will describe data on acceptable student group size and interactive strategies, length of synchronous meetings and the challenges involved, practical assessment strategies. Finally, the researcher will share insights or recommendations to appropriate future (re)design of teaching or learning experiences if the pandemic lockdown persists into the next academic year.

 

Presenter(s)

Danilo Madayag Baylen
University of West Georgia

Danilo Madayag Baylen is a tenured professor with degrees in Instructional Technology, Elementary Education, Library and Information Studies, and Counseling. Before his faculty position, he worked as an instructional designer, IT services director, and faculty developer in higher education institutions. He teaches, researches, and publishes technology integration practices, visual and media literacy education, creativity, and collaboration. In addition, he studies the visual representation of identity, relationships, and culture in Asian children's literature. As a scholar-practitioner, Dr. Baylen co-edited five books and a special section in TechTrends, a peer-reviewed journal. He received the AECT publication award (2016) as co-editor of Essentials of Teaching and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy, published by Springer. He has served in various international, national, and state organizations. He completed leadership roles such as the GAIT president, AECT Executive Secretary to the Board, and IVLA vice president and board member. He also served in book selection award committees sponsored by the Association of Library for Children’s Services (ALSC), Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, and the United States Board on Books for Young People.

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