Building Community Virtually on the Fly

Kristen Chmielewski; Melissa H. D’Eloia; Jasmine M. Goodnow; Keith C. Russell; Randall T. Burtz

doi:10.1080/1937156X.2021.1984861

Building Community Virtually on the Fly

Kristen Chmielewski, Melissa H. D’Eloia, Jasmine M. Goodnow, Keith C. Russell, Randall T. Burtz

Health & Human Development

Western Washington University

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Abstract

The Recreation Management and Leadership (RML) program at Western Washington University utilizes a cohort-based model in which sequenced courses and overnight retreats work in tandem to cultivate an inclusive learning community. COVID-19 necessitated not only that we quickly move all of our courses online, but it challenged us to transition our nature-based retreats to a virtual environment as we attempted to build community and foster connections over Zoom. In this piece, the RML faculty shares how the missteps of our first virtual retreat taught us lessons about connecting, interacting, and teaching in a virtual space and prepared us to run a vastly improved, successful Zoom retreat the following year.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-133
Number of pages	2
Journal	SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1937156X.2021.1984861
State	Published - 2023

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Education
Sociology and Political Science
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Keywords

community building
COVID-19
higher education
recreation and leisure
remote learning
virtual retreats

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