How have STEM courses ‘adapted’ to online learning during a pandemic?

Higher education STEM courses are typically taught face to face as many aspects of the class require hands-on experiences. However, these courses were forced to transition to emergency online learning delivery in the middle of the Spring 2020 semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic shut down higher education and impacted courses learning outcomes, particularly those in the STEM fields. This paper outlines the literature on pedagogy and how this is applied to online learning before and after the emergency online transition. The thesis also considers the stressors associated with this transition and provides case studies of how some STEM courses transitioned their courses online. I also provide a personal experience in transitioning ANTH 1001 labs to an online format at George Washington University during the Spring 2020 transition.

Author

• Beer , Annelise Marie

Language

• en

Keyword

• Pedagogy
• Online Learning
• Biological Anthropology

Date created

• 2021

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Human Paleobiology

Degree

• M.S.

Advisor

• Barr, Andrew W.

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/mg74qm936