Questão 26 - PAS - UFLA 2 Etapa 2 Dia 2020-2022

Read Passage 2 carefully, and then answer the question.

 

PASSAGE 2

 

ARKANSAS SCHOOLS PLAN FOR COMPLETE VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTIONS THIS FALL

by Parris Kane 
Wednesday, July 1st 2020 

 

[1] Arkansas School for Mathematics Sciences and Arts: 
    The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and Arts, or ASMSA, announced their completely virtual 
option Monday for students and their families who are not ready to fully participate in in-person classed due to 
the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Students' needs were expressed via a survey of returning and incoming 
[5] students and parents, as well as other communication methods. "Every ASMSA student lives on campus as part 
of our residential experience as part of this very specialized and unique community of learning," said Director 
Corey Alderdice, "We thought it was incredibly important to give those students and families a choice in case 
they really weren't just yet ready to resume a residential experience." ASMSA students completed the spring 
2020 semester via remote instruction, primarily through "asynchronous learning" with weekly meetings between 
[10] students and instructors taking place via video. According to Alderdice, fall 2020 online classes will be a blend of 
synchronous and asynchronous learning with multiple sessions per week conducted live via Zoom video 
conferencing. The course options will be available across disciplines, but limited in number. ASMSA looked at 
what courses were the most popular and essential for students, especially new students, to find a small, subset 
of courses that could have the greatest impact for the greatest number of potential students. "Our online option 
[15] for families this year builds on ASMSA's 20 years of experience in distance education and digital learning, going 
back to 1999. Previously, that's been directed across the state, but now it's working to serve our core audience," 
Alderdice said.

Adapted from: https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-schools-plan-for-complete-virtual-learning-options-this-fall. Accessed on 27 Jun. 2019.

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