Humanizing Distance Learning: Centering Equity and Humanity in Times of Crisis

"In some ways, shouldn′t we always be teaching from a distance?"

Paul France asks this not as pitch for distance learning. But because part of the reason distance learning has been so challenging, Paul asserts, is that we’re replicating long-standing practices that promote dependent learning in our students. Why not use this unique moment of time to reconnect with the true purpose of teaching: to help our students become liberated learners and free thinkers?

The next logical step in teache...