There's No 'I' in Teams

Creating community in the (online) classroom

Authors

  • Pierre Botcherby PhD Candidate & GTA Tutor, History Dept. ; Administrative Assistant, Warwick Oral History Network ; Student Experience Intern, Warwick Arts Faculty

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/jppp.vol1.2021.930

Keywords:

Community, Choice, Remote learning, Microsoft Teams, University of Warwick

Abstract

This short reflection is about community-building in the classroom. It draws on personal experiences of Microsoft Teams from the last twelve months or so, and makes some suggestions for why community-building doesn’t always work as well as desired. I don’t propose hard-and-fast rules or specific ‘do’s’ and ‘dont’s’ but, hopefully, some light food-for-thought and reassurance for tutors who’ve been suffering connection issues whilst teaching online.

Author Biography

  • Pierre Botcherby, PhD Candidate & GTA Tutor, History Dept. ; Administrative Assistant, Warwick Oral History Network ; Student Experience Intern, Warwick Arts Faculty

    Pierre Botcherby is a PhD candidate in the University of Warwick’s history department. His thesis studies de-industrialisation and (post-industrial) regeneration's impact on community via a case study of St. Helens (Merseyside). He is also Administrative Assistant for the Warwick Oral History Network. Pierre has been a seminar tutor for 3 years, holds Associate Fellow status of Advance HE, and has been a strong advocate of undergraduate research. He and PTC team-mate Liz are responsible for the project's website, Moodle, and social media.

Pierre Botcherby, author of this article

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Published

2021-11-09

Issue

Vol. 1 (2021): Pilot Launch Issue: Postgraduate Pandemic Pedagogies

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Botcherby

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