“Two Voices is Beneficial”: Virtual Team-Teaching in COVID-19

Abstract

The lack of connectedness experienced by college students during the COVID-19 pandemic was problematic. An innovative approach undertaken in a (virtual) graduate classroom at Clemson University was the concept of team teaching. Team teaching allows a group of instructors to work together to enhance student learning. Upon course completion, students (N =57) completed a brief survey regarding their perceptions of team teaching. The scale ranged from extremely positive (1) to extremely negative (5). The sample as a whole found team teaching to be a positive experience (M =1.87, SD =.94), felt that team teaching assisted in their learning (M =1.51, SD =.72), and found value to having two instructors (M =1.6, SD = .76). Overall, based on the results, team teaching is a strategy that should be considered in virtual classroom environments as it can provide students with increased support and varying perspectives.

Keywords:

• COVID-19
• team teaching
• virtual education