Enhancing Emotional Connectedness for Increased Impact in University Learning and Teaching (92500)
Session Chair: Mary Lynn De Silva
Thursday, 27 March 2025 09:15
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 607 (6F)
Presentation Type: Workshop Presentation
In 2022, a novel framework for enhancing emotional connectedness, authenticity and courage was launched in both F2F and digital HE classrooms through a pilot conducted program at The University of Western Australia (UWA) through an accredited, Advance HE pathway, which targets PhD students who are early career educators, and who often have no formal training in higher education. The framework was developed from Garrison, Anderson and Archer’s (1999) Community of Inquiry model, which identifies three interdependent dimensions of presence: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. Emotion is considered an important factor in developing a sense of belonging and inclusion, and is a predictor of students’ satisfaction with learning. The novel framework conceptualises the fourth dimension: emotional presence, in order to boost feelings of belonging, cohort and inclusivity. Utilisation of the framework provided a highly inclusive and experiential learning experience for these early career educators, who intrinsically developed a strong sense of cohort and belonging through the program, and who have actively learnt how to cultivate an emotional presence in their classrooms through explicit strategies that amplify positive emotions, support and inclusivity in the classroom. This workshop explores the use of targeted engagement strategies to create authentic and brave learning experiences for students in online/digital learning and teaching environments. The strategies for enhancing emotional and cognitive connections for meaning-making within digital learning and teaching environments draw on principles of inclusivity, active learning and psychological safety.
Authors:
Mary Lynn De Silva, The University of Western Australia, Australia
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Mary Lynn De Silva
Senior Learning Strategist (Digital)
The University of Western Australia
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