Dr. Adam Knight, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, recognized by MSU Graduate School for Excellence in Teaching in response to COVID

Dr. Adam Knight from the MSU Graduate School newsletter: “Coronavirus has made me evaluate and initiate some changes in my graduate biomechanics class I am teaching this semester. Instead of meeting face to face one night a week for the typical 3 hours that a graduate class meets, I have cut that time down to approximately 2 hours each week. I think this has helped keep the students engaged and more active in the course. I have utilized Canvas to provide the students with more instructional materials prior to each week’s class meetings, which includes some short lectures, tutorials on the math portion of the class, and research articles to read and summarize.

This allows us to spend more of our in-person time to discuss the material and its application to human movement. Two of my doctoral students that have already taken the class are also participating each week either in person

or through WebEx. This is allowing them to review the material as they prepare to take their comprehensive exams, but it also allows them to share their experiences, especially on the application side, with the other students in the class.”

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