On Friday, January 14th, 2022, Academic Technology Services convened a bonus faculty forum for faculty to discuss ways we can maintain our own morale and that of our students as we extend our use of Zoom and other synchronous and asynchronous teaching tools in January 2022 and perhaps beyond.

Perpetual teaching innovator Mark Verbitsky from Political Science discussed his own experiments and challenges with “Zoom in the Room.” Attendees had a lively discussion about the challenges of balancing student safety and student engagement in class learning opportunities.