Many classrooms, such as some of those in Turlington and Matherly, don’t have windows or other adequate ventilation options. While UF has installed hand sanitizer units throughout academic buildings, administrators have not stated how these classrooms and desks will actually be cleaned. Second, the university has promised that all classrooms will be cleaned and well-ventilated. The rest of you will have to pay extra distance learning fees just to watch the lecture from home. Other students may not have the choice to opt-in for face-to-face classes, even if they wanted to. Which students will be in the classroom? Likely, international students or honors students will be given these in-person spots. Because your instructors will be doubly as busy, you will likely receive less personal attention and feedback from those instructors. Instructors will teach two classes (one online section, one face-to-face) without being paid for the double workload. The rest of the students will watch the lesson from a webcam. With classroom capacities capped but a directive from our state government to have the same number of in-person sections, UF is relying on a model of teaching called “HyFlex.” The “HyFlex” model of teaching means that in smaller classes up to 40 students, there will be a single digit number of students physically in the classroom. So, what do you need to know?įirst, most students won’t return to campus. Many of you are planning to celebrate milestone events and rejoin student organizations in Gainesville. Many of you are looking for spring leases. Students, you deserve to know the truth, and UF has failed to provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your studies before it’s too late. I worry because UF is lying to students, and there’s nothing that instructors like me can do about it. UF has tried to convince us that it has students’ best interests in mind as we return. Some students believe that our return to campus will give them a better learning experience. Others, upperclassmen, may look forward to being in seminar classes again. Some of them are freshmen, and they’re excited to finally move to Gainesville. I worry because I hear my students talking about next semester.

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