Hi, everyone. There have been several updates since I wrote the message quoted below. It is not unlikely that the 2 week quarantine may be extended; that means continuing as we are now until past Easter, which is way too long. On the other hand, we have been urged to do all we can to provide online instruction.
So I am switching gears. While I think that the lecture I had planned next does not readily adapt itself to remote lecturing, giving it a try can be interesting. So my proposal is to lecture remotely. Moreover, I suggest having *tomorrow* (Thursday) the lecture that would have corresponded to today (Wednesday). There are reasons for doing it tomorrow, but I do not want to be verbose now.
You'll of course need a connection that is able to sustain video conference; I think that most current connections are.
Then, if scheduling a 3pm-5pm remote lecture tomorrow [*] is OK to you, please let me know. If it is *not OK*, please let me know as well, to consider calling it off. If the outcome is yes, I will send you further instructions.
[*] I am in principle shortening the lecture, as I a 3-hour computer lecture may be to much.
Best,
Manuel
Manuel Carro manuel.carro@imdea.org writes:
Dear all,
I assume you all are aware of the latest news related to the coronavirus in Madrid: Universities (and all the schools, actually) will be closed until March 26th, Thu. While we do not lecture at the University, I think that I should follow the order: coming to the campus also potentially exposes you to the virus due to public transportation.
So we won't have lectures for at least three weeks. I was planning to do hands-on sessions with Rodin with lots of explanations on the process. Since that does not lend itself to self-study, I will make slides on other parts of the course that can be independently studied to, at least, be able to advance somewhat. I will let you know when they are ready.
Best,