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Uchicago Philosophy Department COVID-19 resources

More philosophizing about the pandemic

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April 11, 2020

Agnes Callard writes about the role of the Humanities in the pandemic, here.

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Rachel Cohen on the pandemic and missing museums

April 21, 2020

Here is a lovely piece in the New Yorker by Rachel Cohen of the Creative Writing Program (who also happens to be Matt Boyle's spouse). And here is Rachel's "Frederick Project" on her blog, mentioned in the New Yorker essay.

Survey for students -- instructions (also emailed to everyone teaching)

March 15, 2020

The College has designed a form that can be used to survey students concerning their access to and ease of use of remote learning platforms. Some students will remain on campus, but the majority will be returning home, where they will be working in different time zones, with varying access to stable Internet connections, and in some cases with additional responsibilities. This link takes you to a Googleforms survey that you can use as a model for how you might seek feedback from students as you redesign your course. You are welcome to create your own form. If you choose to use the above form rather than create your own, you will need to make a copy for your own use. To do so, please click on the 3 vertical dots on the upper right hand corner of the page, select “make a copy,” rename and save, and modify as you see fit. To distribute the form to your students, click “send” in the upper right corner of the form, and either enter your students’ emails and click send, or ...

Panopto tutorial

April 01, 2020

Jim Conant pointed me to this useful tutorial on making videos with Panopto, by Dimitry Kondrashov, Senior Lecturer in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division. This is another version of the same thing with a somewhat different appearance. Also this (perhaps more permanent link).