Teaching – Student Workload Conundrum

Students say they are doing more work than ever. Faculty say they are lessening breadth and focussing on just the key ideas of the course. How can we have these two seemingly opposing ideas?

In this week’s deep dive, I look into the Chronicle article, Students Say Their Workload Increased During the Pandemic. Has It?  This reflection is based on The Workload Dilemma by Dr. Betsy Barre at Wake Forrest.