ABSTRACT
Universities were forced to quickly pivot to remote instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, those working in higher education suddenly faced an insurmountable challenge to pivot to alternate—often foreign—methods of instruction. In addition, as universities began to provide multimodal instruction, many faced issues of learner access and resource inequities. Now, with learners returning for future terms, some completely online, universities confront a new normal of multimodal instruction and must move beyond the pivot, which requires sustainable resource allocation and long-term planning. Nevertheless, future pivots are inevitable as higher education braces for unknown future challenges. The following considerations have been curated to stimulate a discussion about moving from remote instruction toward a more desired experience in a new norm of multimodal instruction.