Professor Timorthy Savage:

That is a very interesting question. Part of my job is engagement across the whole college about online education and I was expecting there to be a great deal of pushback, but I found - surprisingly, according to the literature that states that faculty will not like this approach - that there is a general recognition that to be a global university they must do this. They might not know how, so they want me and others to come and tell them how, but they know it needs to be done. On a micro level, we did brief the people I work with who are currently delivering. We told them it would take a bit more time. Through the first three or four weeks of delivering their first course, they found it very overwhelming and we gave them a great deal of support, but now we are finding we can fade from the support role because it is now becoming a normal part of the practice. I know there are many educators on this committee. If they remember the first few times they were in front of a class, it took a great deal of time and energy, but after a while one develops one's practice and it smooths over. Support is certainly crucial in that.