{"id":3161,"date":"2020-06-08T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T22:52:02","slug":"effective-connection-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/2020\/06\/08\/effective-connection-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective Connection in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecting with our students is essential, but how do we do it? Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by connected. Zoom works to see one another on a screen, you can attend activities on campus and possibly see some of your students, or we can take a deeper look into what connected means. When I think of education, connecting could be students to each other, students to the material, the material to real life, you to the student, etc. I\u2019ll focus on the last one here: You to the student.<\/span><\/p>\n

Think back to a time when you were in school and you had a \u201cfavorite\u201d teacher or professor. What was it about them that made them your favorite? Did they open up their classroom at lunch to play cards with students? Did they give you a \u201cgood luck\u201d note for a sporting event? Maybe they came to your choir concert, attended a theater production you were in, or maybe they made themselves available in a time of need. Whatever it is, that\u2019s what connects you. What made them your favorite is because of the connection that you formed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective connection is:<\/span><\/p>\n