How to Make Your Remote Learning Environment Suck Less

Get used to it, folks. Remote learning is here to stay…and Remote Learning Environments (RLE) can actually be awesome!

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Millions of Americans were forced to transition to a world of education they, perhaps, had only heard about. A world where human interaction exists in virtual spaces. A world where assignments come in the form of online activities, quizzes and exams, video postings, discussion boards, and more are the new normal for academia. In this world those who hold are open to a complete reimagination of higher education will survive and their institutions stood. Those who cling to an outdated model of “Sage on the Stage” teaching and learning will not. Our coming academic year stands to be one fraught with perilous journeys through teaching and learning for educators and students as (likely every) higher education institutions pivot to remote learning during the global pandemic. Leading up to this academic year, it is my position that institutions need to pay very close attention to the aesthetics of their remote learning environments (RLEs) for three reasons.

First, with the rising cost of college, if institutions are to argue their content is worthy of the often-hefty price tag they need to make sure the product they are delivering is novel, innovative, and beautiful. David and Glore provide substantive evidence…