Pivoting in CAAM: GETTING HANDS-ON LEARNING TO REMOTE STUDENTS

Moore discusses her experience of teaching remotely in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM). Social distancing has challenged CAAM's commitment to student work with Museum collections, hands-on experiences with real materials, and chances to apply key instrumental methods in the Center's labs. In fall 2020, the 54 students in CAAM's foundation course Food and Fire: Archaeological Science in the Laboratory were spread across 16 time zones. She was still hopeful that students could become familiar with materials and artifacts as they learned archaeological research methods, and could demonstrate critical thinking while choosing an individual project.