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Podcast: College Matters. Alma Matters.
Episode: The Hustle to go Online. Dr Sridhara Dasu, Chair Physics Department, U of Wisconsin Madison. Part I
Description: Episode summary introduction: It was becoming clear to the University of Wisconsin Madison, that the Coronavirus was a real threat to the campus population. College leadership took quick action to evacuate the campus and continue the semester online.
From his vantage point, the Chair of Physics Department, Dr Sridhara Dasu gives us an account on how it all went down.
In particular, we discuss the following with him:
How did University of Wisconsin make the decision to close the campus?
How did the faculty convert in class material to online?
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