Episode 80 - Challenges of Creating Community in Online Teaching: Kristina Reardon

10/28/20 • 47 min

The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

Kwok Pui Lan (Candler School of Theology - Emory University) and Tat-siong Benny Liew (Holy Cross College) interviewed Dr. Kristina Reardon, Director of the Writer’s Workshop at the College of the Holy Cross. They discussed the challenges of turning a class into a community while teaching remotely. Strategies for supporting and resourcing student learning needs, especially for college students, are explored in the video.

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What does it mean to teach for the honoring of body? Insights on approaches which disrupt “neck-up” teaching; encouragement toward classrooms for mutual experiences of one another. What if the scholarly production of knowledge included body, spirit and community? Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield hosts Dr. Courtney Bryant (Manhattan College).

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Episode 81 - Building Community Through Online Learning: Sarah Bogue

Kwok Pui Lan (Candler School of Theology at Emory University) and Tat-siong Benny Liew (Holy Cross College) interviewed Dr. Sarah Bogue of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University . They discussed ways for building community in virtual teaching and online learning. Creative ways of using Zoom and other technologies in online learning are explored. Incentivizing student interaction both within and outside of class meeting times helped to foster a community of learning.