I want to follow-up on the Making Shapes in Zoom article with a few more thoughts on TEACHING students how to engage in a @zoom_us (or whatever) session.
Depending on class size, consider setting up 1:1 Zoom sessions with students. These can be 15 minutes each with the goal of helping students turn their cameras and mics on and off, use the chat, and play around with the other Zoom engagement tools. Let them PRACTICE!
If you have small enough numbers, this 1:1 practice time is going to be a worthwhile investment for you that will pay off in engagement in later group sessions. I promise.
Now I know some of you have big or even huge classes. In that case, I suggest you record a video tutorial using @screencasto. Recruit a friend or two to play the hosts/teacher. You be the student. Record the various engagement tools in action. Share with students.
Again, I just really want to reiterate that our students might not be on camera because they don't know how to be, or they're scared/uncertain. Let's teach them how to use @Zoom (or whatever), show them engagement options, and give them a chance to PRACTICE.
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Faculty, staff, and students should not be left in the wind like this to wonder why this is happening. It’s infuriating tbh, and #HigherEd continues to be its own worst enemy.
We have to prioritize well-being and talk about trauma.
Okay here goes nothing. A new thread 🧵about #CourseHero.
My name's Karen, I've worked in #HigherEd for 20 years, and this is the absolute last thing I want to talk about today. But, I'm compelled in the face of what I see as immense harm being done to students.
I want to be as transparent as possible and encourage you to take nothing I say at face value. Don't trust me. Trust what you see.
To that end, here's how I've profited thus far from talking about Course Hero, for any who might wonder about my motivations. $1.19.
I don't disagree with anything in this piece. What I find really interesting is the assumption that those of us who are advocating for caring pedagogy, grounded in a balance b/t support and challenge, have at any point become less rigorous.
And that to me is the mark of #ToxicRigor. When someone points to flexibility, humanizing, and support and says, "You're dumbing things down" or "You've sacrificed rigor," there's just no evidence of that, so something else is up.