Have I told you that I am teaching a summer class? It is the smallest class I have ever taught, which is good, but it is also very different from the classes I am used to teaching. I have two types of students with widely divergent levels of background knowledge, and I am trying to challenge the more experienced students without overwhelming the less knowledgeable students. And I am teaching it asynchronously, which means that it's harder to change direction. By the time I got most of their feedback on week 1, I was well into prepping the content for week 3.
One of my students wants me to provide significantly more detail on a highly specialized content area, and I am trying to figure out how to respond. The short answer is no. I am going to teach one class, not 1.25 classes, and I am finding it complicated enough to create one set of content in these circumstances. I've asked a colleague if she might have a recorded lecture to share, since she has also taught this material in the summer semester to more homogenous groups of students. Maybe that will be an easy fix.
I'll be diplomatic when I talk to the student tomorrow; I have some alternate strategies she could consider to learn the material independently if my colleague doesn't have materials to share. Summer classes always feel like a lot. At least they're over quickly.
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