Pivot to Remote Online Teaching

Report on the emergency SUNY Online Faculty Drop-in Sessions

Overview of the Live Faculty Remote Teaching Instructional Design Drop-in Services provided by Open SUNY/SUNY Online to provide live instructional design support to any SUNY faculty/campus needing extra support during the emergency pivot to remote online instruction from 03/13/2020 – 05/29/2020.

SUNY Online instructional designers from across the system staffed the service. Initially the hours were weekdays from 7am-midnight. And weekends; Saturday 10-5pm and Sunday 1-9pm. In week 6 we reduced the hours based on analysis of usage/need and in consultation with Doodle and the ID community to weekdays 8-9pm and Sundays 5-9pm. Staff: Director/Coordinator: Alexandra M. Pickett, Director Open SUNY Online Teaching, Co-coordinator: John Zelenak, Open SUNY Operations Manager, Alena Rodick, ESC, Bonnie Farrell, ESC, Christine Paige, ESC. Dan Feinberg, SUNY Online, Elizabeth Balko, Oswego, Erin Maney, SUNY Online, Jamie Votraw, SUNY Online, Jane Greiner, ESC, Judith Littlejohn, Genesee, Kris Lynch, CPD, Lois Swears, ESC, Maree Michaud-Sacks, ESC, Mark Lewis, ESC, Rob Piorkowski, SUNY Online, Sonja Thomson, ESC, Theresa Gilliard-Cook, Oswego, and Tony DeFranco, SUNY OER.