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Preparation checklist for teaching our new hybrid-traditional classes (that’s IUPUI jargon for a class that has both in-person and synchronous online teaching). Step 1: Canvas Class Page Get the page published and let students know how this is going to work. Step 2: Zoom Half the class will be watching and participating from home through …

Be sure and check out Chalkbeat Indiana’s piece on the lack of an endorsement by the Indiana Political Action Committee for Education (which is connected with the Indiana State Teachers Association) in this year’s gubernatorial election. One might expect an organization like a teachers union to always endorse a candidate, but there are often more …

The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled universities and colleges to expand their online instruction offerings at an unprecedented rate. The shift, however, did not impact all instructors equally. On the one hand, most faculty members had to transform their in-person seminars into online classes within weeks quickly. In-person courses that were meticulously crafted through years, if …

We’re less than two weeks away from the start of the Fall 2020 semester and we’re ready for the challenge of delivering our classes in new formats. All of us in the Department of Political Science are diligently working to build our new hybrid classes, whether they are synchronous online or have both online and …

As the November 3rd elections continue to get closer, we asked members of the department a very simple question. Why vote? Here are our answers in 200 words or less. Bill Blomquist I vote (and recommend that others do so too) for a few reasons. First, elections really matter. No matter your philosophy or party, you …