Is anyone actually doing lectures?

[doweteach]

I'm working on my teaching for the start of term, and I was just wondering if anyone is actually doing "big" lectures - say 100+ students at once in a room? The news seems to report when places have said no to lectures, but obviously don't report when universities are continuing have lectures.

Just daydreaming of being in the lecture theatre while I prepare my slides...

I miss campus, my colleagues and working with the students

My understanding is that 'big' lectures will all be recorded for putting on-line and smaller / tutorial groups will be able to go ahead in some circumstances, where rooms with enough social distancing place can be made available - otherwise interactive platforms (I'm going to use 'Zoom' as a generic term) will be used for those smaller groups.

At my institution all big lectures will be run online, I cant really see any other way to be honest. I personally will be using MS teams over the next few weeks.

we have to do all lectures online. only small group teaching is in person.

Big lectures online for us too. Some smaller in person teaching, more seminar group size.

My dept. have chosen to do things backwards. Large lectures in person (250 students, 'social distanced' this is half the usual cohort). Small group teaching is online. I don't agree with it.

We were told that the largest space we have can accommodate only 39 students when socially distances. Anything bigger than that is automatically online. We've prioritised 1st and 4th years (I'm in Scotland) + TPG students tor on campus teaching. All of my 3rd classes are online.

We are doing '1m plus' not 2m, and when students are facing forward I don't think there needs to be even 1m between rows...

My dept is doing online lectures.

Our largest lecture theatre (300+) can only take 60 with social distancing so we cannot do large lectures in person

All our lecture content is now being prerecorded. We are doing interactive content online and then some f2f to justify the fees.

We have no rooms that can accommodate more than 40 students, all lectures are online. Until 2m distancing is relaxed there is no prospect of lectures coming back. And there is no sign that that will be able to happen any time soon. 1m plus does not apply in Scotland.

Parent of undergrad student here - her course has large lectures online and f2f teaching for seminars and clinical work. They have been told they will be working with in smaller groups and with fewer patients and that both clinic times and term dates will be extended to allow this.

So far the lectures have been live and not pre recorded and there is some interaction via online questions.

I appreciate this is all more work for staff.

Their term started a few weeks ago although it’s mostly been revision work as they have last year’s degree exams in a few weeks ( delayed from May).

Other non clinical courses start 7 October with a similar set up. I’ve not heard of any course that are planning large lectures in buildings.