Open AccessWithitness in the eLearning
Author(s) -
Charles E. Notar,
Stefanie R. Sorbet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
technium social sciences journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2668-7798
DOI - 10.47577/tssj.v10i1.1212
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , alertness , key (lock) , classroom management , computer science , perception , multimedia , value (mathematics) , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , knowledge management , artificial intelligence , computer security , psychiatry , neuroscience , machine learning
The purpose of this article is to clearly define and exemplify "withitness," and determine can its value be in the eLearning education setting. The expert on classroom management, Jacob Kounin (8), listed four factors that underlie classroom management success. Foremost and first is “withitness,” which refers to the ability of a teacher to be perceptually and cognitively alert and aware of all parts of their classroom at all times. Withitness is key to classroom management! If you are an effective classroom teacher, how do you apply your classroom skillset of alertness and awareness to eLearning? How you do this in eLearning is the crux of this article. Withitness is awareness (presence), adroitness, clairvoyance, keenness, maximum engagement, perception, planned variety, rhythm learned through teaching, experience, vision, and wisdom. The article answers the question of implementing withitness in elearning by providing ways to attain the aspects of withitness in eLearning.