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Editors' Note

Editors' Note Editors’ Note Raymond J. Shaw and Mark C. Nicholas COVID-19, of course, has been a shadow over every aspect of life since the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in early 2020. In higher education, everyone’s workload changed in unprecedented, unexpected, and unpredictable ways. For those teaching, “pivot” meant that faculty learned how to teach remotely, quite often to a laptop screen with a screen- ful of darkened rectangles with student faces/names, or with everyone’s cats, dogs, or children. And everyone pivoted to remote meetings, creating a new kind of normal and its related burnout. The New England Educational Assessment Network, parent organiza- tion of the Journal, pivoted to online conferences, but also to delivering webinars targeted to assessment and pedagogy. That pivot explicitly con- nected assessment to the improvement of teaching, while also declaring that the “Network” part of the organization’s name was an important part of its identity as a supportive community. The editors are also grateful for the continuing support and trust of the NEEAN Board. Newly formed community sprang forth throughout higher education, revealing the essentially human nature of our work. Furman and Moldwin (2021) noted that while faculty and students struggled with technology, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Penn State University Press

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Editors’ Note Raymond J. Shaw and Mark C. Nicholas COVID-19, of course, has been a shadow over every aspect of life since the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in early 2020. In higher education, everyone’s workload changed in unprecedented, unexpected, and unpredictable ways. For those teaching, “pivot” meant that faculty learned how to teach remotely, quite often to a laptop screen with a screen- ful of darkened rectangles with student faces/names, or with everyone’s cats, dogs, or children. And everyone pivoted to remote meetings, creating a new kind of normal and its related burnout. The New England Educational Assessment Network, parent organiza- tion of the Journal, pivoted to online conferences, but also to delivering webinars targeted to assessment and pedagogy. That pivot explicitly con- nected assessment to the improvement of teaching, while also declaring that the “Network” part of the organization’s name was an important part of its identity as a supportive community. The editors are also grateful for the continuing support and trust of the NEEAN Board. Newly formed community sprang forth throughout higher education, revealing the essentially human nature of our work. Furman and Moldwin (2021) noted that while faculty and students struggled with technology,

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Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness – Penn State University Press

Published: May 24, 2022

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