“The course resonates in different ways in this current moment than it would if we weren’t in a pandemic,” Irani said. Yellow tape cordons off every other pew, and red stickers on benches mark six feet apart, so students can sit at a safe distance. At the start of class, a student helper projects two QR codes onto the screen. The other logs their presence in the building, in case the university needs to conduct contact tracing. With its help, remote students can see the professor and the screen, while also looking at their peers asking questions.

Source: New York Times October 19, 2020 17:37 UTC