It was 11 a.m. on Monday, time to begin the first day of Organic Chemistry II. Georgia Tech Professor Stefan France looked out over a 1,200-seat performing arts theater and saw two teaching assistants.
Welcome back to campus.
France’s students were absent by design. He was testing his ability to teach class remotely in a room Georgia Tech has marked off to host fewer than 150 people in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As he struggled through the early bumps of teaching online, France told students half of the class, about 80 people, would eventually be welcome to attend once a week.
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