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Adapting to Assure Learner Goal Achievement amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic #1355

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues worldwide, higher education institutions are needing to adapt courses to accommodate policies such as social distancing and online learning. Since 2020 most university instructors have experienced policies such as these, coping with it as emergency situation teaching. There is a need to rethink course design in order to maximize learning goals and student performance whether society's situation is normal or coping with public health issues. This presentation will examine how course design needs to be flexible so learners can achieve goals through different mediums such as in person, online, on demand, HyFlex, etc. Firstly it will focus on Learner Management Systems (LMS) and how they can consolidate courses so they can be accessed easily across all mediums. Then, it will explain how Online storage tools give learners the ability to access and submit work. After that it will look at various study tools and their benefits and examples of their implementation. Finally it will briefly review fundamental pedagogical approaches and their connection to this context.