Welcome to Twitch U: Pandemic has some profs streaming lectures on gaming platform
Sep 18th, 2020
Welcome to Twitch U: Pandemic has some profs streaming lectures on gaming platform
David Churchill is just 20 minutes into his first lecture of the semester at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, and students are already expressing their enthusiasm.
Not with lit-up eyes or hands waving in the air but with a series of emojis: PogChamp emote, LuL emote, PogChamp emote.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, few of the university's fall semester courses will be in person. There is a university-approved video lecture system, but for his two courses in the computer science department, Churchill is experimenting with an online streaming platform used mainly by gamers.
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