Abstract

The COVID-19 (COVID) pandemic affected nearly every aspect of higher education. It has been particularly disruptive to forest operations courses that rely heavily on field experiences. Dodson and Blinn (2021) surveyed US forest operations instructors at four-year institutions granting SAF-accredited forestry degrees to understand how they rapidly modified courses during spring 2020 to accommodate a move to fully remote instruction. Through an online survey and interviews, a follow-up study was conducted to understand how courses were modified when instructors had time to prepare and what, if any, of those modifications are likely to be retained upon a return to in-person instruction. Two main themes emerged from the survey and interviews: instructors will expand the range of tools and methods used to convey course content, and they have a renewed respect for the importance of field experience and personal interactions.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 将如何改变林业教育？美国森林作业指导员研究

摘要

COVID-19 (COVID) 大流行几乎影响了高等教育的方方面面。它对严重依赖实地经验的森林作业课程造成了特别大的破坏。Dodson 和 Blinn（2021 年）对授予 SAF 认可的林业学位的四年制机构的美国森林经营讲师进行了调查，以了解他们如何在 2020 年春季快速修改课程以适应完全远程教学的转变。通过在线调查和访谈，进行了一项后续研究，以了解在教师有时间准备时如何修改课程，以及在返回面对面教学后可能保留哪些修改（如果有）。调查和访谈出现了两个主要主题：讲师将扩大用于传达课程内容的工具和方法的范围，