S2 E3 Dr. Jessica Hautsch: Building Community in Classrooms

In this episode of Teaching So Everyone Can Learn, I speak with Teaching Assistant Professor of Humanities at the College of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Jessica Hautsch, about building community in in-person and online learning spaces.

A recurring theme during our conversation is the role of community in shaping students’ learning experiences and their potential to succeed. This is particularly important, yet tricky, when teaching online. The online space can be tough for students; it can feel lonely and unsupportive, but its affordances also give teachers opportunities to engage students in meaningful and transformative ways.

Dr. Hautsch shared her strategies for creating learning spaces where students feel the presence of her as their teacher, and the presence of their classmates as allies and collaborators.

Subscribe and listen to the episode to learn about the ways that Dr. Hautsch designs belonging into her teaching and to reflect on what strategies you might try in your own classroom.