How to Be Together in Learning Online

Jesse Stommel talks about how to be together in learning online on episode 320 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is really important for us to pause as human beings and look at the words we are using and ask ourselves what is actually going on. -Jesse Stommel Resilience comes from a place of privilege. -Jesse Stommel Resources Mentioned List of words Jesse would prefer not to hear again after the first half of 2020 Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved, by Kate Bowler “Together” when not in person “Together” when not meeting at the same “time” “Learning is something we’re all doing all the time.” “Education is something we do together.” Sean Michael Morris – there’s no such thing as asynchronous – everything is synchronous The Political Gabfest Teaching to Transgress*, by bell hooks Robyn Schindel on Twitter: Everything I see from Jesse is so incredibly grounded, I’d love to know how to maintain that. Like he’s thought through what’s right and what’s practical and somehow makes it all come together in something that seems so common sense once he says it- but isn’t common at all. This is what I want all leaders to act like. How do we develop that in ourselves? Critical Digital Pedagogy: A Collection, edited by Jesse Stommel, Chris Friend, and Sean Michael Morris