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UDC Operating Remotely as of 12:30 p.m. Today, Monday, March 16

The University of the District of Columbia’s academic and administrative offices will move to remote operations as of 12:30 p.m. today, Monday, March 16. All on-campus activities, including athletics, are cancelled.

Staff: Contact your immediate supervisor with questions or for further instruction regarding remote work expectations.

Faculty: Reach out to your immediate supervisor and/or the dean for questions and further instruction regarding the transition to emergency remote instruction (ERI). The Center for the Advancement of Learning (CAL) is available to support faculty with instructional continuity, including support for Blackboard, Zoom, Webex and other teaching and learning technologies.

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Students: Due to inclement weather, the university will be closed to in-person operations as of 12:30 p.m. today, Monday, March 16. Instruction will be moved to emergency remote, including synchronous and asynchronous methods. Certain laboratory, clinical and other hands-on classes for which in-person instruction is a requirement may necessitate a make-up lesson, but every effort will be made to pursue virtual learning to the extent possible. Where synchronous virtual instruction is intended, published class meeting times must be observed so that students’ schedules are not disrupted.

The safety and security of our students, faculty, staff and the broader community remain our top priority. We will continue to provide updates regarding the status of the university’s academic and administrative offices as conditions change.

Please continue to check our website and social media channels for the latest information.

If you have any safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For all immediate emergencies, call 911.

Thank you for your continued dedication to our students and to UDC’s mission.

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Quality Matters Testimonial - Ahmad Wright

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Ahmad Wright, M.A.

Assistant Professor of English
UDC Community College (CC)

The Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) compressed online class that I took in November 2022 was very instrumental in preparing me for the task of restructuring our IGED 110 online classes for the 2023 QM peer review process. The APPQMR becomes much clearer when one is actively engaged in prepping a course for peer review!

The entire process is akin to watching yourself in a funhouse mirror. Past assignments are reshaped; alignment and pathways to achievement goals are revamped and deliberated. This process encourages introspection (why is this assignment here?) and fathoms the ways course material may sequence with learning objectives to enhance student rigor and online engagement.

The fun part of this process was implementing the applications to achieve such objectives (like the multimodal options for learner introductions, adding new reading selections, and the use of the annotation tool “Hypothesis” within more of the modules). The steady hand of our CAL coach, Julian King, reaffirmed our attention to the QM standards every step of the way.

Kudos to my colleague and a special thanks to coach Julian King for ensuring the week-to-week consistency of our input and revision timetables.
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