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Fostering Classroom Community

Remote instruction requires more than slides and discussions—it requires interaction and connectivity with students. The Boston University faculty panel shares their experiences teaching in a remote environment and offers strategies to strengthen classroom community. Topics include:

Using Slack to Foster Classroom Community

Engage, Challenge, Love

Zooming Through Office Hours

Strategies for Fostering Community Through Remote Teaching

Don’t Put Your Icebreakers Away

View the one-hour presentation above or access individual Fostering Classroom Community Lightning Talks below.

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Icebreakers

 

Overview

This presentation addresses the challenges of maintaining an interactive Zoom classroom in which all students are acknowledged and motivated. After discussing icebreakers strategies, discussion focuses on the sustained use of such devices, including Instagram pep talks, in order to maintain a communal ethos and student morale during remote classes over the course of a full semester.

Presenter

Tom UnderwoodDr. Thomas A. Underwood, Master Lecturer

BU College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program

BU College of General Studies, Spring and Summer 2020

Using Slack to Foster Classroom Community

Overview

With students scattered across the globe, staying connected has been a challenge. Integrated into the classroom, Slack, a communication platform, is the perfect tool for everyone to stay in touch. It also serves as a hub for resources, formal and informal communication, and collaboration.

Presenter

Joshua DuttweilerJosh Duttweiler, Lecturer, Graphic Design

BU College of Fine Arts

BU College of Communication

Engage, Challenge, Love

Overview

Teaching both in person and remotely requires a shared creation of an experience. The discussion centers on how providing structure, guidance, and organization—with the development of a relationship between faculty and the student, and the students amongst each other—faculty facilitate learning and personal growth.

Presenter

Sophie GodleySophie Godley, Clinical Assistant Professor

BU School of Public Health

Testimonial

“This talk exposed me to new ideas and technologies in a real-world context, and I found innovative ways to implement these strategies in the classroom.” – Fostering Classroom Community Lightning Talk Attendees

Online Office Hours

Overview

This Lightning Talk discussion will detail how an unscripted, freewheeling style of the office hours session will help build rapport and community among those students who become the regulars.

Presenter

Gregory PageGregory Page, Senior Lecturer

BU MET Administrative Sciences Department

Building Community Online

Overview

The presentation will explore some strategies for building community online by attending to course design at the beginning and ending of class convenings.

Presenter

Dr. Shively T. J. Smith, Assistant Professor of New Testament

BU School of Theology

About the Moderator: Sam Myers

Sam Myers BU Lightning Talks

Sam Myers is a Master Lecturer in the BU College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program. She is also the recipient of the Innovate at BU IDEA Cup for Fall 2019 for a HUB Cross College Challenge class she co-taught with Professor Bob Weintraub from the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development.

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About Boston University's Remote & Hybrid Teaching & Learning Lightning Talk Series

The Remote Teaching & Learning Lightning Talks Summer and Fall 2020 series, co-hosted by Digital Learning & Innovation and The Center for Teaching & Learning, is a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the remote-learning environment.

Questions or consultations?

For pedagogical guidance, email ctl@bu.edu. For technology guidance, email AskEdTech@bu.edu.

About DL&I

Digital Learning & Innovation is available to help all Boston University faculty and academic leadership. Contact us at digital@bu.edu.

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