Video Archive

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Associate Professor Charlotte Matthews has been teaching online for years and shares a few ways that you can build community in your synchronous online courses.

As many faculty are discovering, the online medium—to say nothing of the times we live in—has required us to reimagine how we teach, what we teach, and, in some cases, even why we teach. Community-engaged faculty also have had to reenvision relationships with their students and their community partners in ways that can prove both extraordinarily challenging and surprisingly rewarding. This learning community offers a space for dialogue and brainstorming around these issues.

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Created in response to COVID-19, this video series documents the unique experiences of UVA faculty who taught community-engaged courses in Spring 2020. Faculty share their reactions to teaching during the pandemic, as well as their reflections on the challenges, outcomes, and unexpected opportunities of transitioning their courses online midway through the semester due to COVID-19. They discuss lessons learned to offer insight and inspiration to other instructors who may find themselves in similar situations, or who are grappling with what it means to be a community-engaged teacher in our time of trauma.

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For courses that depend on an embodied or experiential approach to learning, moving to a virtual format can prove extraordinarily challenging. This webinar was an open dialogue and brainstorming session around transitioning courses from an integrated in-person experience to an online medium. The discussion was particularly useful for faculty teaching community-engaged courses, performance-based courses, and courses that require a high level of interactivity in the arts and humanities.

UVA Acts Artistic Director and Program Manager Cortney McEniry put together resources to help instructors—particularly in drama, creative drama, and applied theatre—who need to facilitate embodied or experiential learning work online.

Embodied Course Over Zoom
Cortney demonstrates how different Zoom features can be used to facilitate embodied work during a class session.

Google Docs Tutorial
Cortney explains the benefits of using a Google Doc to communicate with your students about your virtual class sessions and expectations.

Dr. Randy Stoecker, a professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, gave this virtual talk on March 16, 2021. The CTE co-hosted this event as part of UVA Public Service Week. Read full talk description.

While many of the ways you’ve assessed students’ learning in the past will continue to work (and work well) in an online environment, you might have to get creative for some things. This webinar helped participants think through ways to reimagine assessment practices by focusing on what matters most. Session slides.

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Active engagement with course material and ideas is essential for learning, but in the transition to teaching online, some of the ways we have fostered engagement face to face may no longer be available. This webinar helped participants think about a range of options for reimagining student engagement in both synchronous and asynchronous online environments. Session slides.

This session focused on practical strategies for ending your classes with equity as the essential value in mind. Participants discussed ways to work together to advocate for those students most impacted as we move into the exam and evaluation period. Session slides.

The CTE created these videos for our virtual Teaching as a Graduate Student 2020 workshop.

First Days

Metacognition and Mindset

Communicating and Interacting with Students

Digging Deeper into Teaching Techniques

Additional Advice

What does it look like to teach and learn online? While there is no one-size-fits-all formula for creating your course, seeing examples can help you imagine the realm of possibility. Take a short tour of a few online courses in a variety of formats and styles to see how your colleagues create meaningful student learning experiences from afar. Visit Teaching Continuity to find pedagogical and technological support information for remote teaching.

Mostly Asynchronous Interactive Lecture

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Mostly Synchronous Seminar

For community-engaged courses, moving to a virtual format can prove extraordinarily challenging. These biweekly dialogue and brainstorming sessions allowed participants to talk about the unique challenges and hidden opportunities of transitioning community-engaged courses to an online medium.

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Watch four short videos to learn more about our 2020-21 undergraduate student consultants, their experiences, and how they can help you improve your teaching.

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