• Training Room

    STEP - Wu Wei Teaching - Keeping Well Through Stepping Back
    Provider   Organisational and Staff Development Unit

    Part of the Keeping well Teaching well series. This session will explore the Wu Wei approach to teaching and reflect on a few, practical strategies for ‘letting go’ in online teaching.

Duration 1 hour 30 mins

Course Type Webinar

Booking Status Archived

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Target Audience: Any staff involved in learning and teaching 

Part of the Keeping well Teaching well series 

Whether you’re dealing with the complexity of large zoom sessions with multiple break-out rooms, the intricacies of the Virtual Learning Environment, or managing multiple communication channels with students, online teaching can be a challenge. Stepping back and leaving space can be a simple but profound and effective strategy for coping with these demands, and the stress that can accompany them. This session will explore the Wu Wei approach to teaching and reflect on a few, practical strategies for ‘letting go’ in online teaching. 

Course Outcomes/ Objectives;

  • Describe the principles of Wu Wei teaching  
  • Apply these principles in the context of their own teaching at Strathclyde  
  • Plan to engage further with these and other related principles  

Participants are expected to watch the following short video prior to attending the session: 

https://vimeo.com/383028969 



Delivered By: Dr Sean Morrissey (OSDU) & Dr Katy Savage

Prerequisites

Particpants are asked to watch a short video. Video link can be found in course detail.