Author: Samuel Head

Stumbling Into Live-Chat While teaching via Zoom has had its own challenges, one particular feature of video conferencing I grew to love was the live-chat box. Although I had probably mentioned to students that they were welcome to use it, I found that my students loved to carry on an ongoing conversation in that chat. Led by a few students who posted frequently, the rest of the class soon developed quite the community where they asked and answered questions, commented on and joked about the material being discussed, and shared resources. Once my institution resumed in-person classes, these experiences prompted…