{"id":3761,"date":"2020-04-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2020-04-16T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:01:30","slug":"coincidental-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/coincidental-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincidental community"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3761\" class=\"elementor elementor-3761\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44e6ee8 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44e6ee8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e81a4e2\" data-id=\"e81a4e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cd8fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73cd8fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community.png 1920w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-300x34.png 300w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-1024x117.png 1024w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-768x88.png 768w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-1536x176.png 1536w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-830x95.png 830w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-230x26.png 230w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-350x40.png 350w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coincidental-Community-480x55.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35332ae9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35332ae9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6acfe38a\" data-id=\"6acfe38a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0530b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a0530b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all been forced to learn some new things in this past month. For instance, I\u2019ve learned how to use clippers to cut my husband\u2019s hair\u2014<b>#thanksyoutube<\/b> <b>#quaranskills<\/b>. I\u2019ve learned a variety of new online videoconferencing and team organization platforms. I even plan to keep using some of them.<\/p>\n<p>But my favorite new learning is that community\u2014something most of us are craving\u2014can happen coincidentally. That is, it can happen as a bonus side-effect of community we\u2019re already trying to develop or maintain. A number of my colleagues and I have remarked that in going online, we were grateful we already felt good community in our classes.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong. I\u2019ve found I STILL need to be intentional about community. But even then, there are bonuses to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ways I\u2019ve been able to coincide community with class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before our first Zoom gathering, I asked my students to <strong>post a photo of themselves in their new workspaces<\/strong>. I always do better if I can picture not only the person\u2019s face, but where they are situated. This text string brought up some fun chatter.<\/li>\n<li>Before our third class, for homework, students were <strong>to choose a<\/strong> <strong>virtual background<\/strong> for their Zoom sessions. This was another way to have some fun chit-chat and get-to-know-you time as the class session was getting started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we tried a Zoom version for the WISE (Write-In Series) workspace I conduct\u2014where all students are usually invited to gather in a physical classroom in a large square facing each other, working at tables. Here were the best parts of virtual WISE (besides the comments saying, \u201cThanks, that was productive.\u201d):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Food brings us together, even when we\u2019re apart.<\/strong> These workspaces always include chocolate chip cookies baked according to my mom\u2019s homemade recipe, so I included the actual recipe in the Outlook invitation I sent to those I thought might be interested in attending. Students who didn\u2019t even come to WISE wrote me about baking the cookies. They sent pictures. Students ate cookies onscreen. Of course, this comment made me feel the best, like I would always be a part of one student\u2019s community: \u201c[My family] loved them! They like your recipe better than our old one\u2014and I agree.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breakout sessions don\u2019t separate, but connect.<\/strong> One group of students arrived at WISE and immediately asked to be in a breakout room. They worked together for about an hour, and one or two popped back to the main session to ask questions. Two attendees were friends who hadn\u2019t been able to connect for a while. They asked to be put in a WISE breakout room to catch up. Afterwards, one said, \u201cThis is the first time we\u2019ve been able to meet up since before spring break, so thank you!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One can argue that college is as much about community as it is about making academic progress. I would argue that my classes and the WISE workshop are going to be stronger for the coincidental community I\u2019m fostering.<\/p>\n<p>If you have other ideas about how to engender coincidental community, please post in the comments below. I can\u2019t wait to try more.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Ellen Sprague is an associate professor of writing who is looking forward to trying online teaching for a full summer course in just over a month: Intro to Creative Nonfiction. 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