Teaching In Age Of Online Learning Presents Challenges For Professors

Emory University Assistant Professor Dr. Christina Crawford, Ph.D, teaches both her kids and her art history college students from home. Her 9-year-old son, Oskar Guthrie, photobombs.

Courtesy of Christina Crawford

Some Georgia universities are wrapping up final exams this week, despite the coronavirus pandemic scrapping lesson plans, easing grading criteria and forcing a mass evacuation of students from campuses nationwide.

One Emory University assistant professor told WABE that it’s been difficult to adapt to teaching a college-level art history discussion class online while homeschooling her kids.

And as the spring 2020 semester’s online learning experiment comes to a close, Emory professor Dr. Christina Crawford, Ph.D, is now preparing for summer online classes.