Sunday, February 28, 2021

Nonverbal Overload In An Online Engineering Classroom

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Last week, Stanford researchers published a new study:  Nonverbal Overload: A Theoretical   Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue . The st...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Divergence Theorem - Electrical Engineering Class Snap Video

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I've become a big fan of what I call snap videos while teaching remotely. Here's a simple example I used recently to explain a conce...
Friday, September 18, 2020

End of First Full Week Teaching – Fall 2020 Semester Remote

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Some quick thoughts/observations after the first week:  Email volume from students is through the roof. Not meeting in person means not bein...
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Day 1 Fall 2020 Semester Remote

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I spent much of the summer preparing for Day 1. I was not sure what to expect – sure we went remote in March for the second half of the spri...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

Congrats Class of 2020!

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  Final grades went in at Holyoke Community College last week and I’ve finally had a chance to take a little time to get some thoughts down...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Engineering Student Design Team Projects at a Distance

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On Friday, May 1 I had the honor of judging University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture Class of 2020 Sen...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

To Zoom or Not To Zoom: Week 4 Teaching Full Distance

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Resting student Doggies in my campus office. Students were working on these when we transitioned from the classroom to online. Five w...