Honors faculty value you being "in the know" as soon as we have information available. Jared Diener and I co-direct the first year experience for Honors students, including the HON 100 course. We made the difficult decision to move HON 100 online for a number of reasons, including difficulty finding classroom space that meets the 50% room capacity cap for social distancing guidelines, and increasing requests from students who wanted an online class experience.
That said, we are working diligently to ensure that you will have a high-quality HON 100 experience. Your Teaching Fellows will be attending a training during the first week of August that will include sustained discussions of online teaching best practices. Each HON 100 class session will be small, with no more than 8-9 students participating, so that you have opportunities for meaningful exchange of ideas and the chance to get to know each other. We have adjusted the syllabus as well, changing assignments and class expectations to be better adapted to an online learning environment. We hope you know that all of these decisions are being done thoughtfully, with the desire to establish learning opportunities that serve your best interests given existing constraints. As always, Mr. Diener and I are here for you, and we hope that you will provide us feedback over the course of the semester. Please shoot me an email if you have any questions in the interim. Comments are closed.
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AuthorAll posts are written by Dr. Alysia Davis, Director of Student Engagement in the JMU Honors College. The goal of these blog posts are to inform JMU Honors students and alumni about programs, activities, and opportunities in the JMU Honors College. To reach Dr. Davis directly, email her at [email protected]. Archives
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