We designed and administered an online survey experiment to 444 educators in a large social sciences university in the United Kingdom to evaluate their perceptions on the effectiveness of online teaching methods. We find that nudging educators (ntreat=142, ncontrol=142) with information on the benefits of online teaching does not improve their personal evaluations about this new mode of teaching. Overall, faculty report being comfortable with online teaching methods and think this form of teaching can continue to have some positive impact. Nonetheless, they do not favour any further online transition away from traditional modes of teaching. Online teaching is largely perceived to negatively affect student well-being and their overall university experience. Maybe the `new normal' of teaching is not better after all?
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