Teaching Embodied Practices in Digital Spaces

The research project “Teaching Embodied Practices in Digital Spaces” is interested in how faculty from across the University of the Fraser Valley approached teaching embodied practices in their online teaching. Embodied practices as the researchers are framing them are practices requiring physical skill, touch, close proximity, non-verbal cues, emotional skill, or ensemble.

The data will be coded using grounded theory and will result in a peer-reviewed paper about what we have learned through the pandemic about teaching embodied practices at UFV.

All data and answers gathered are anonymous and by filling in this survey you are giving your consent for participation in this project. If you have any questions please email Anna Griffith (Anna.Griffith@ufv.ca)

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* 1. In what ways do the classes you teach involve embodiment?

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* 2. Before interruptions by Covid-19, how would you typically teach or foster embodied skills and practices?

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* 3. How did you teach embodied practices or skills during the 2020/2021 academic year? If you taught remotely, online, please describe how you did this. If you had face-to-face classes, how did you teach embodied skills with the Covid protocols in place?

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* 4. How did your assessment of student's mastery of embodied skills or practices change during the 2020/2021 academic year?

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* 5. What elements of teaching or learning embodied practices online or with Covid protocols worked well?

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* 6. What elements of teaching or learning embodied practices online or with Covid protocols did not work well?

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* 7. What has changed in your teaching of embodied skills or practices as a result of teaching during the pandemic?

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* 8. What have you learned about embodiment in your discipline, as a result of pandemic teaching?

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* 9. What is the biggest piece of advice you could offer other instructors who teach embodied practices in digital spaces or with Covid protocols in place?

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* 10. Is there anything else you would like to say about teaching embodied practices during the pandemic?