What would in person classes be like in a pandemic?

1. Body

1.1. ACT: Quarantining and social distancing to isolate chances of transmission

1.2. STK: All students, staff, faculty, and residents that interact with people associated with the campus

1.3. ARF: The image from a lecture at the University of Michigan showcasing strict social distancing

2. Labor

2.1. ACT: The added processes that are required from faculty to clean and ensure the safety of people involved with in person campus situations

2.2. STK: Janitorial workers, diner employees, TAs, anyone who works on campus

2.3. ARF: The new/old tasks and jobs required to keep on campus functionality

3. Political

3.1. ACT: Online classes more negatively impact lower income families due to a lack of proper resources that could've been made available with the right government action

3.2. STK: Students and their families

3.3. ARF: More loans or lower enrollment rates for students

4. Historical

4.1. ACT: The way classes are meant to be taught back in the day

4.2. STK: Everyone

4.3. ARF: The memories and experiences of everyone who knows what in person college classes are like

5. Educational

5.1. ACT: Requiring mandatory COVID-19 education courses

5.2. STK: Students

5.3. ARF: The online forums and websites UMD uses in order to ensure students know how to be safe to minimize the spread

6. Professional

6.1. ACT: Making hard decisions revolving what to open or what to make online

6.2. STK: The administration at universities

6.3. ARF: The decisions that have been made

7. Technological

7.1. ACT: Using communication technology like Zoom that allow for online classes

7.2. STK: Students and Professors

7.3. ARF: Zoom and other communication, streaming, and recording services

8. Context

8.1. ACT: Tracking and testing students mainly, as well as other stakeholders involved for COVID-19

8.2. STK: Predominatly students, since for the most part they have the highest chance of catching COVID-19 and there is more of them

8.3. ARF: Dashboards and other sites like the one on UMD's website that provides accurate information on the state of COVID-19

9. Economy

9.1. ACT: Schools having to make tuition adjustments for online classes and virtual learning

9.2. STK: The schools and all workers of the schools, and the students and parents who are paying for the classes

9.3. ARF: The increase or decrease in costs for having online classes vs. in person classes

10. Material

10.1. ACT: High consumption of cleaning supplies, masks, and even COVID-19 tests

10.2. STK: Anyone who enters/uses campus facilities

10.3. ARF: All safety and sanitation supplies and tools

11. Textual

11.1. ACT: Spreading awareness about safety protocols and instructions for maximizing overall safeness

11.2. STK: People who could come across these signs or banners of information on campus

11.3. ARF: Signs, posters, banners, flyers, pamphlets, etc.

12. Mythological

12.1. ACT: The perfect storm of being able to have in person classes, and keeping everyone safe, almost in a "bubble"

12.2. STK: All parties involved with college right now

12.3. ARF: One can only imagine :(

13. Symbolic

13.1. ACT: Zoom breakout rooms are symbolic of in person classes and collaboration

13.2. STK: Primarily students and professors

13.3. ARF: Student opinions of the ways online class lacks the benefits of in person interactions

14. STS Questions

14.1. 1. How do other groups get impacted by in person classes

14.2. 2. What are the consequences to having in person classes

14.3. 3. What ways can we isolate students having in person classes to minimize the spread of COVID-19

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17. Dacey, Kim. “Mixed Reaction from Students as in-Person Classes Resume at UMd.” WBAL, WBAL, 14 Sept. 2020, www.wbaltv.com/article/mixed-reaction-as-in-person-classes-resume-university-of-maryland/34013064.

18. “COVID-19 Dashboard.” University of Maryland, 9 Oct. 2020, umd.edu/covid-19-dashboard.

19. Sims, Kraig Ii. “Caution and Connection in in-Person Classes during COVID-19.” University of Michigan News, 17 Sept. 2020, news.umich.edu/caution-and-connection-in-in-person-classes-during-covid-19/.