Presence in the Online World

Presence in the Online World: A Contemplative Perspective and Practice Guide for Educators addresses the challenges and possibilities of cultivating contemplative presence in an online teaching environment. It brings together proponents of contemplative pedagogy and experts in online education.

Leslie Ann Jeffrey is professor of Political science at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. She specializes in human rights, gender politics and Global North/South relations. Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas is associate professor of open, digital, and distance education (ODDE) at Athabasca University and Director of the MEd and EdD Programs. Karen Robert is associate professor of history at St. Thomas University, where she teaches courses on Latin American history, world history, research methods, and global automobility Yuk-Lin Renita Wong is professor at the School of Social Work at York University.

Introduction 1.Guided Practice - Connecting to Land: Pause, Breathe Bill Cohen & Karen Ragoonaden 2.Being Whole in a Graduate Online Classroom: A Contemplative Perspective Agnieszka Palalas 3.Cultivating Emotional Presence: Building and Nurturing an Online Community of Inquiry Debra Dell 4.Vignette - Support for Contemplative Pedagogy Through Shared Teaching Presence Martha Cleveland-Innes 5.Grounding Presence: Beholding the Vulnerability of Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning Karen Robert 6.Vignette - Presence and Silence in the Virtual Classroom Margaret Anne Smith 7.Connection and Compassion: Presence Inside and Outside the Online Classroom Leslie Ann Jeffrey 8.Guided Practice - Presence With/In/Of Nature: Sit Spot Practice and Forest Therapy Walks Monika Stelzl 9.Fresh Eyes, Beginner's Mind: Contemplative Photography and A Walking-Based Pedagogy of Embodied Presence When the World Goes Online Yuk-Lin Renita Wong 10.Hard-wired for Presence in an Online World: A Contemplative Perspective and Practice Guide for Educators Charles Scott, Heesoon Bai, & Laurie Anderson Epilogue About the Authors