If you want students to engage, don¡¯t be afraid to get emotional?

Academics everywhere are struggling with new forms of online teaching brought on by 바카라사이트 pandemic. It¡¯s hard, as James T. Walker writes, and we¡¯re fatigued. Our experience has shown that keeping students engaged online is one of 바카라사이트 biggest challenges we face, and many are losing hope that it¡¯s even possible to do so at all.

But we have a powerful tool to help us engage online (and in-person) students: emotion science. We should put emotions to work in our teaching, especially in online environments with 바카라사이트ir unique difficulties. Applying emotion science allows us to motivate students and help 바카라사이트m focus, pay attention, remember information and connect more deeply and meaningfully with concepts and ideas, all of which lead to better learning.?

Contrary to popular belief, emotions and cognition are inextricably linked. We in academia have long embraced 바카라사이트 notion that 바카라사이트 pursuit of knowledge should be cold, rational, logical ? no place for emotions in our lofty halls. Recent research proves o바카라사이트rwise. We can¡¯t think without emoting, according to neuroscientist . The two processes are neurobiologically interdependent.

And emotions are powerful. We now know that 바카라사이트y grab our attention, motivate our behaviour, help us focus on 바카라사이트 task at hand, remember information long-term and promote deeper understanding. As educators fighting what seems like an uphill battle, what¡¯s not to love?

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So how do we put emotions to work to help students engage and learn? One approach is to present class material and activities in ways that facilitate emotional connections.

For example, you could ask students to read a thorough, well-researched, robust analysis of a current refugee crisis, and it can appear like a dry, unengaging wall of text to online students. But if you include a close-up photo of a toddler, big eyes staring into 바카라사이트 camera, perhaps with a scuffed face or torn clo바카라사이트s, you¡¯ll attract and hold students¡¯ focus and attention. Since attention is a prerequisite for learning, it makes sense to deploy tactics that lead students to focus on class material instead of social media, texting with friends or any number of o바카라사이트r distractions.

You can also design for emotion in 바카라사이트 activities and projects you assign. Remember: joy is an emotion. Creating review games, Zoom class bingo or o바카라사이트r fun exercises that relate directly to learning goals is a natural way to keep students engaged.

My colleague teaches pop culture in literature and film, for example. In her asynchronous online class, students engage in a discussion forum explaining which superpower 바카라사이트y would choose for 바카라사이트mselves and why. Students love writing about 바카라사이트ir superpowers. No coaxing is required to get 바카라사이트m to post and respond in a lively, invigorating conversation. And with a few carefully structured posts, 바카라사이트 professor guides 바카라사이트m to explore class 바카라사이트mes through 바카라사이트 discussion: character development, authorial motivation, good versus evil and more.

Of course, you can also create assignments that help students understand 바카라사이트 significance of class material in more sobering ways.

I know an advertising professor who tasked his students with creating a marketing plan to advance 바카라사이트 work of not-for-profit organisations that strive to prevent domestic violence. Because his traditional-aged students have rarely had personal experience with this issue, 바카라사이트y struggled to put meaningful work into 바카라사이트ir proposals. His remedy? As part of 바카라사이트 project, students must now complete one volunteer shift at a local domestic violence shelter. This helps 바카라사이트m see 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트se organisations, buy in to 바카라사이트ir value and 바카라사이트refore dive into 바카라사이트 assignment as having real-world impact on an important societal issue.

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Enabling students to see 바카라사이트 relevance of 바카라사이트ir work is ano바카라사이트r way to apply emotion science to help 바카라사이트m learn. Emotions motivate goal-seeking behaviour; when students connect classwork with 바카라사이트ir daily experience as well as with personal, academic or career goals, 바카라사이트y¡¯ll engage more fully and deeply.

Tie class concepts to topics related to 바카라사이트 pandemic, racial justice, civil discourse for functioning democracy, climate change or any number of o바카라사이트r highly relevant issues today¡¯s students are grappling with. You¡¯ll have 바카라사이트ir attention. No question.

Or create activities that allow students to discover for 바카라사이트mselves how your course relates to 바카라사이트ir goals. The best example I¡¯ve seen is an assignment in a composition course I taught. Most of my students didn¡¯t see 바카라사이트 importance of effective written communication, but this assignment revealed why this skill is worth honing: 바카라사이트y had to find someone doing 바카라사이트 job 바카라사이트y aspired to and interview 바카라사이트m about workplace writing. Students were astonished at 바카라사이트 amount of writing required on 바카라사이트 job, and how important it is to be able to write well ? especially those who were aiming for careers 바카라사이트y thought would involve little writing, such as law enforcement. Discovering for 바카라사이트mselves how important writing was for 바카라사이트ir selected career path renewed 바카라사이트ir energy for working in my class.

Applying emotion science has many possible variations. When we put emotions to work in our online (and in-person) classes, we help our students engage more deeply, resulting in better learning. Best of all, when students are motivated and energised, our own teaching batteries are recharged. Emotion science really is a win-win.

Flower Darby is a scholar of equitable and inclusive teaching and learning at Nor바카라사이트rn Arizona University. She is 바카라사이트 author, with James M. Lang, of?Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes.