MCC Daily Tribune

TCC: Tip of the Day - emphasize the affective domain

For the next few weeks, we are inviting our faculty to share stories and images from their virtual classes. What is working well? What are you learning about teaching, teaching online and your students?

Today's highlights come from April Daniels, ESOL/TRS:

When holding my Zoom classes, I emphasize very heavily, especially during the first part of class, the affective learning domain. I pose questions via the chat feature, and they can either respond to the group or privately to me, and then we discuss how we're doing. There have been a lot of tears, but there has been levity as well, and I get a lot of emails from students saying how much they appreciate that shared experience.

In addition to zoom facilitation, I have also made videos, that are not instructional, but rather, at the risk of sounding cliche, motivational. I infuse humor, I dress up in wacky stuff, and I close with a poem. I have gotten a lot of heartfelt feedback on how much that cheered them and made them want to keep checking their email for more. These are only roughly 5 minutes long.

So far, my attendance has been good, and I am attributing that to these two practices.

If you would like to talk about what's happening in your classes join the daily non-judgmental conversations about teaching during COVID-19. These happen daily from 9 - 10 am and 3 - 4 pm.

https://monroecommunity.zoom. us/j/672991431

Meeting ID: 672-991-431

1-929-205-6099

If you have a story to share, email Gena Merliss: emerliss@monroecc.edu.

Eugenia Merliss
Teaching & Creativity Center
04/16/2020