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Christopher Parker: Reflections on teaching online

Academics
September 28, 2022 By Lenore Friend

Jeff Dugan, online learning assistant director, interviewed retiring humanities professor Christopher Parker about his shift from in-person teaching to online education leadership.

Christopher Parker, Jeff Dugan sitting behind TV studio desk

Jeff Dugan, assistant director of online learning, sat down with retiring humanities professor Christopher Parker to talk about his transition from only teaching in person to becoming a leader of online education.

“Teaching online was like the last thing I ever thought I was going to do,” Christopher began. “I don’t know how it happened that I went from being absolutely against it in every imaginable way to now doing it only online … Now that I look back on it, it was a very obvious transition for me.” Watch the full fascinating discussion.