{"id":15283,"date":"2020-04-26T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=15283"},"modified":"2020-04-24T10:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T15:18:13","slug":"remote-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/remote-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/a-webinar-by-some-folks-you-might-know\/contemplation-green\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Contemplation-Green.jpg?fit=1888%2C1888&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1888,1888\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380295762&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.13&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Contemplation (Green)&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Contemplation (Green)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This is a window in the Meditation Room of the St. Katherine Drexel Chapel at Xavier University of Louisiana. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Contemplation-Green.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Contemplation-Green.jpg?fit=625%2C625&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14712\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Contemplation-Green.jpg?resize=333%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" \/>Let's say that you used to begin class with a moment of silence. Or perhaps you incorporated some other elements of mindfulness or contemplative pedagogy into your teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Did those practices survive the transition to remote teaching this semester? Perhaps they fell by the wayside in the rush to get \"up to speed\" with unfamiliar technology.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a special effort to bring mindfulness to the classroom when the classroom is a virtual construct. However, in this unsettled and uncertain time, the lessons of mindfulness would seem to be more important than ever. Furthermore, the online environment can often add an extra layer that separates the student from learning even more than in a traditional classroom. Practices that connect to our basic humanity are arguably even more important when teaching in a context mediated entirely by electronic technology.<\/p>\n<p>Aurora D. Bonner offers some guidance in her new article for Faculty Focus, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/mindfulness-in-the-online-classroom\/\">Mindfulness in the (Online) Classroom<\/a>.\"<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Be present<\/li>\n<li>Take time to check in<\/li>\n<li>Believe your students<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be afraid to share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/mindfulness-in-the-online-classroom\/\">Read the full article<\/a> for details. It's brief and worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>This might be a good time to check out the webinar by Karen Nichols and yours truly (Bart Everson) sponsored by D2L, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.d2l.com\/resources\/webinars\/present-calm-and-ready-to-learn\/\">Present, Calm, and Ready to Learn \u2013 The Value of Contemplative Practices in an Online Course<\/a>.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus:<\/strong> You may also be interested in next week's online practice, \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativemind.org\/exploringuncertainty\">Exploring Uncertainty, Finding Possibility Through Contemplative Art<\/a>,\" facilitated by Beth Berila throught the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let's say that you used to begin class with a moment of silence. Or perhaps you incorporated some other elements of mindfulness or contemplative pedagogy into your teaching. Did those practices survive the transition to remote teaching this semester? Perhaps they fell by the wayside in the rush to get \"up to speed\" with unfamiliar <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/remote-mindfulness\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Remote Mindfulness\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[458,78,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-15283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"category-integrative","8":"tag-keepteachingxula","9":"tag-contemplative-pedagogy","10":"tag-mindfulness","11":"h-entry","12":"hentry","13":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3Yv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5026,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/developing-indicators-for-what-matters-most-in-your-teaching\/","url_meta":{"origin":15283,"position":0},"title":"Developing Indicators for What Matters Most in Your Teaching","author":"Bart Everson","date":"December 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A webinar with David Sable, Religious Studies, Saint Mary's University Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 2:30-3:30pm CST Free and open to the public REGISTER In this interactive presentation, participants will be introduced to a set of mindfulness-based reflective practices for the classroom that were the subject of mixed methods research with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transformative Banquet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transformative Banquet","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/integrative\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10162,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/conversation-48\/","url_meta":{"origin":15283,"position":1},"title":"Conversation #48: Jane Compson on Contemplative Pedagogy in Online Course","author":"Bart Everson","date":"September 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Download Conversation #48 A conversation with Dr. Jane Compson of UW-Tacoma, on implementing a contemplative pedagogy in an online course. 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