The UNC Professor Teaching to One Lone Pinocchio Doll

Posted Mar 25, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent wide-scale shutdown of educational institutions has led to a dramatic rise in remote teaching. Students teleconference with teachers and classmates on video programs like Zoom. The sudden switch has even seasoned faculty in an unfamiliar situation, including UNC Law School professor John V. Orth. (New York Magazine)

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