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COVID-19 quarantine teaching as an experiment in non-coercion (VIDEO)

Post author:Dr. Ben Blum-Smith
Post published:August 17, 2020
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Dr. Ben Blum-Smith is currently a part-time faculty member of Eugene Lang College’s Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and a Visiting Academic at the New York University Center for Data Science. He has worked as a middle and high school teacher and then as a mathematics professional development specialist, before training as a research mathematician. He will discuss COVID-19 quarantine teaching as an experiment in non-coercion. How do we go about getting students to do what we want them to? Where are the opportunities to acknowledge our students' autonomy?

How to create a sense of community in the virtual classroom (VIDEO)

Post author:Mieke Möller
Post published:August 10, 2020
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Mieke Möller is a Mathematics teacher at Somerset College Senior School. She has been instrumental in spearheading the drive towards online learning and setting up structures to facilitate the learning and assessment of students in Mathematics. Her topic is on how to create a sense of community in the virtual classroom, while realising the importance of having kindness, understanding and grace towards students. It will also address the value of clear communication, flexibility and open-mindedness.

Mental health in the context of Online teaching and learning (VIDEO)

Post author:Dr Anusha Lachman
Post published:July 20, 2020
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Dr Anusha Lachman is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Stellenbosch University. She is involved in Maternal & Child mental health services and her research interests include neuropsychiatry, global and infant mental health. She will be talking on mental health in the context of Online teaching and learning. This will address the expectations versus the reality of the new normal of online teaching and learning. What this reveals about our capacity to engage, interact and communicate and why this exhausts us more than we expect.