If you are teaching at a University or College this year, you may be asked to move (or prepare to move) to an online platform for dance-based pedagogy. This seems daunting for many dance classes. Fortunately, the Dance Studies Association has a list online of resources to help you.
General Pedagogical Information:
- How to be a Better Online Teacher: Advice Guide
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption, Stanford University
- 9 Resources for When Coronavirus Moves Your Course Online
- The Future (Revisited) of Online Education
- Remote Teaching Guides List
- Going online in a Hurry: What to do and Where to Start NEW (added 3/10)
Technical Tools: NEW SECTION 3/10
- FlipGrid (Interactive Discussion Boards with Short Videos)
- VoiceThread (Video interactivity for Discussion Boards, etc.)
- Hypothes.is (Annotate the web, Hold Live Discussions, Read Socially)
- Zoom Meeting (Video conferencing with the ability to host break-out sessions; Students can call in via phone if internet connection is low.)
- Panopto (Lecture recording, Livestreaming Software, Quizzing Software)
Performance/Dance Specific Resources:
- Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online, Working Document from Heather Castillo and MiRi Park
- HowlRound Theatre Commons (Free/Open Platform for Theatremakers)
- On Tap: A Theatre & Performance Studies Podcast (March 8th episode: Live at the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces; discusses impact of coronavirus on arts and higher education both near and long term)
Scholarly Research on Dance/Performance Pedagogy Online:
- Anderson, Jon. “Dance, Technology, and the Web Culture of Students.” Journal of Dance Education. 2012.
- Baker, Camille and Kate Sicchio. Intersecting Art and Technology in Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology. 2017
- Fuentes, Marcela. “Performance Constellations: Memory and Event in Digitally Enabled Protests in the Americas.” Text and Performance Quarterly. 2015.
- Parris, Mila. “Integrating Technology into the Teaching and Learning of Dance.” Journal of Dance Education. 2011.
- Parrish, Mila. “Towards Transformation: Digital Tools for Online Dance Pedagogy.” Arts Education and Policy Review. 2016.
- Weber, Rebecca and Megan Mizanty and Lora Allen. “Project Trans(m)it: creating dance collaboratively via technology – a best practices overview.” Research in Dance Education. 2017 NEW (added 3/10)
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