How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?
Presenters:
Flower Darby, Senior Instructional Designer, Northern Arizona University
About this Course
This course is worth 1 hours (0.1 CEUs) of professional development. A certificate of completion can be printed once the program has been completed.
Faculty tend to separate emotions from the teaching and learning that takes place in classes. Many have bought into a well-established tradition that college instruction should be dry, dusty, and academic in order to be authentic. But recent research shows that emotions have a strong impact on cognition. Instead of excluding emotion from the classroom, instructors would do well to acknowledge and take advantage of the impact emotions have on students’ ability to learn new material. Drawing on a proposed addition of Emotional Presence to the Community of Inquiry Framework, examine why and how emotions can increase learning and retention.
In this 20-minute session, acquire practical strategies to intentionally embrace the opportunities emotions offer to enhance deep and meaningful learning in in-person and online classes.
