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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">HI Allen, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I would refer to Eugene’s earlier message.  The instruction is paused next week and will resume online after next week. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Allen Plotkin <<a href="mailto:aplotkin@sdsu.edu">aplotkin@sdsu.edu</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2020 9:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> faculty <<a href="mailto:faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu">faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a>>; James Frazee <<a href="mailto:jfrazee@sdsu.edu">jfrazee@sdsu.edu</a>>; Eugene Olevsky <<a href="mailto:eolevsky@sdsu.edu">eolevsky@sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Faculty] Virtual Instruction and Online Teaching Champions</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Yusuf:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I was under the impression that we would start our online instruction on April 6.  Are we expected to start on March 23?  I am confused about the status of the week preceding the break and do not feel this has been addressed explicitly in the emails we have received.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can you clarify this?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Allen</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:47 PM Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">College of Engineering Faculty,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Over the years some of our faculty participated in Â online teaching workshops and developed online courses in our program.  I  have asked their  help as we are Â transitioning to online mode of teaching. They generously Â volunteered to help our faculty with their Â questions regarding best practices in online course development and delivery.  I would like to thank Drs. Nguyen, Venkataraman, Demasi, Aksanli and Valdes for volunteering Â to help us Â at this challenging time. Their information is listed below. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Duy H. N. Nguyen <a href="mailto:duy.nguyen@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">duy.nguyen@sdsu.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Satchi Venkataraman <a href="mailto:satchi@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">satchi@sdsu.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Luciano Demasi <a href="mailto:ldemasi@mail.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">ldemasi@mail.sdsu.edu</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Baris Aksanli <a href="mailto:baksanli@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">baksanli@sdsu.edu</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Julio Valdes <a href="mailto:jvaldes@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">jvaldes@sdsu.edu</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am going to be in my office Â all day tomorrow and  will be happy help our faculty Â with any questions they may have.  If Â Â you have any questions and would like to schedule some time on your schedule please let me know to add to my schedule.  Â I think  we have a very easy streamlined process for online lecturing.  We will make sure every faculty member can use the tools to develop and offer courses online .  We Â have a few issues to be cleared related to exams and several of us are looking for options and developing ideas.  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We will also Â distribute step by step instructions for lecturing on zoom,  mediasite and Camtasia. Â </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If you are not fluent in using blackboard please do not hesitate to contact me we will try to setup a meeting with the ITS technicians. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Yusuf Ozturk  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies  and Professor</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">College of Engineering</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Electrical and Computer Engineering  </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Co-Director, Smart Health Institute</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">San Diego State University </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">5500 Campanile Drive , San Diego, CA 92182-1309</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Phone : (619) 594-4550 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Email: <a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">yozturk@sdsu.edu</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">My schedule is available here: <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ" target="_blank">https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Faculty mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">Faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a><br><a href="http://engineering.sdsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/faculty" target="_blank">http://engineering.sdsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/faculty</a></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>