I don't think I have much to add to all of these fantastic insights. Definitely the minute of silence at the beginning and the end seems to wrap the online space in something more intimate. My observation in the laddership circles is that the field created by somebody deeply listening on a virtual platform seems to add to the intimacy and lends clarity to people's thought and interactions. Strangely I find that this can be amplified by the lack of physical presence as we aren't distracted (so much) by the other non verbal information we usually have in someone's presence. I think there may be a magic number for interaction - maybe up to 10 people ( somebody suggested smaller pods and that could work well) but if it's more instruction, the number of participants doesn't matter so much I think. Finally, strict rules about not having other devices pinging notifications while the class is on would be really good - whenever I forget to switch my email off for example, I can be totally distracted mid sentence watching the notification appear on the screen, and then can't pick up my train of thought again....but that could just be age :-)))))
Wishing you such good luck with it all in these extraordinary days to come.
On Mar 14, 2020 Jane Murray wrote: