Thread regarding DeVry Inc. layoffs

Ja-3ccy...one can only hope that the many captains and officers of this wreck have the good sense to go down with the ship...

And sink it will. To the lifeboats!

Ja-2eog...taking a long time for this scow to slip beneath the waves...However, like the Titanic, I'm sure the orchestra will continue to play cheerful music, almost as if nothing was amiss...

Rearranging the deck chairs...

I realize there are different learning styles certainly and perhaps some students prefer to take in information by watching and listening to a person talk via video communication. I am curious how students, overall, feel about this excessive "video post" requirement? To me, video communication, unless it is a demonstration, is a very inefficient way to communicate. I (and the many peers I have asked about this) would always prefer to read an email, announcement, article, etc... If you need to refer back to it for clarification it is so easy to do, whereas with a video you have to fast-forward and attempt to find the part you need to review. The greeting of the speaker alone can take up valuable time. Are businesses actually moving toward largely video communication (not including actual meetings)? I just don't see the upside of that in most cases. The only other place I have received or been required to communicate by video is at another school similar to DeVry.

Faculty will be required to sign their lectures and provide digital versions of lectures. And for their next magical trick....

This initiative may become a compliance nightmare. If the 90-minute sessions are synchronous for your online students, are there sign language interpreters? If the 90-minute sessions are asynchronous, do they have captions? This is a DOE rule to assure ADA compliance even if there are no students requesting accommodations.

Would be interesting to know how they think they can get around that.

In these 90 minute "lectures" (no one can lecture for 90 solid minutes nor can students effectively listen for that long) is there any discussion? Does Webex fall apart with technical failures? Do students have decent devices to make themselves heard? How many are likely to show? When I hosted weekly live lecture, I was lucky to have 3 students show up out of 40 or more. And then, it was rare that a student could work webex to be heard properly. Has the technology improved?