Presence

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by Courtney Klink13 views·Updated Mar 11, 2022
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  1. Hello everyone and today I would like to discuss what it means to be present
  2. in the online classroom.
  3. When searching for the word presence in some of our texts,
  4. Sit Simon and Watson discussed mindfulness.
  5. Mindfulness requires being present in living moment by moment,
  6. taking everything in as it comes and goes
  7. Salzman and Watson also believes that this
  8. can help cultivate deep caring and understanding
  9. as nurses and as educators,
  10. we could understand why mindfulness is so important.
  11. Furthermore,
  12. they discuss what it means to have a trans personal moment.
  13. And practicing mindfulness allows us to see understand
  14. love and care in the present moment,
  15. allowing us to have those trans personal
  16. moments with our colleagues and with our students
  17. as statesmen and Watson stated,
  18. there is no time to find path of caring love and mindfulness.
  19. Rather caring love and mindfulness is the path that manifests
  20. from the moment. We fully attend to
  21. the present with the understanding
  22. that we are profoundly interconnected
  23. with all that precedes and surrounds us.
  24. Being interconnected with our students and with our colleagues
  25. is essential in being present.
  26. There are three different types of presence,
  27. social cognitive in teaching that I would like to discuss.
  28. Social presence is the ability of learners
  29. to share their personal characteristics with others in a trusting environment
  30. through effective interactive and cohesive talk,
  31. teaching presence involves the course design
  32. the way it's facilitated
  33. and the type of instruction that the instructor chooses to give
  34. cognitive presence involves meaning making
  35. through sustained communication that explores
  36. um difficult topics,
  37. integrates information and results in a resolution of
  38. any issues that may come under discussion.
  39. It is the combination of these three types of presence that can
  40. result in a learning experience that promotes higher levels of thinking,
  41. in building social presence, connections, trust in feelings of belonging
  42. to a learning group are the tasks that it's our responsibility to create
  43. In the opening weeks of the course,
  44. Stein and one street to find the construct of this
  45. as the ability of participants to identify with the group or course of study,
  46. communicate purposefully in a trusting environment
  47. and develop personal and effective relationships gradually
  48. by way of their individual personalities.
  49. Students often cite their interaction with others
  50. as their favorite part of the classroom experience
  51. in the three parts of social presence, emotional expressions,
  52. open communication and group cohesion
  53. can help create that interaction in the online environment.
  54. Several studies that I have listed in the references below
  55. discuss the importance of using video discussions to create that social presence
  56. in the online classroom.
  57. There are ways to create social
  58. presence by sending welcome and expectations messages
  59. um one week before maybe the start of class and then every week thereafter
  60. providing students contact information on how you would
  61. like to be contacted in case there's questions,
  62. um
  63. posting the syllabus with clear descriptions of the course,
  64. overall expectations and learning goals,
  65. um maybe the plan of the module and due dates,
  66. um sharing information about yourself as a person and as an instructor,
  67. including your teaching philosophy
  68. and combining those C. O. I. Elements in the course design.
  69. So responding to student's posts and emails,
  70. I'm creating that welcoming environment,
  71. allowing a meaningful exploration of course content,
  72. establishing those clear evaluations and assessments
  73. and
  74. knowing when to be the sage on the stage or guide on the side.
  75. My question
  76. for all of you, or what activities have you tried in your online classroom
  77. to promote presents and how did your students respond?