About two years ago, we moved our International Business Law course fully online due to Covid. While I was apprehensive at first, teaching online actually opened up different possibilities for education and we managed to reach students in ways that were not previously possible. (I shared my rambling thoughts on the matter in a separate post back then). It was not an easy transition, but we figured out how to make sweet lemonade out of the very sour lemons that were thrown our way. (Although no one put any lemons on their pizzas during the 2021 IBL Pizza Challenge).
This week, our faculty went back to in-person teaching, which is turning out to be yet another difficult transition. In our desperate hopes to regain some sense of normalcy, we venture back into the classrooms with cautious optimism and masks carefully hiding our smiles. While I’m still not entirely sure if going back is the best idea - given that there is still much uncertainy and the Omicron variant running wild - we will keep doing what we do by staying resilient, adapting to the situation as they arise, and having fun while learning about the law.
Good luck and stay safe to all the students and staff who are back in the classrooms!