One common misconception about flexibility is that it means chaos or unpredictability. On the contrary, research shows that structure is the foundation of equitable flexibility. Regan Gurung, a psychology professor at Oregon State University, noticed that...
Instructors and students alike benefit from approaching their course design with some room for flexibility. As Beth Buyserie, Rachel Welton Bryson, and Rachel Quistberg (2021) explain, “pedagogies of productive disruption seek to create learning opportunities and spaces that engage with and respond to evolving and unpredictable disruptions in the virtual, material, and psychosocial landscapes in which teaching and learning take place” (p. 37). Even if future disruptions are not as widespread as those of the pandemic, students and instructors alike may face...
