Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom, with Seth Offenbach

Today on episode number 586 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, kindness and community in an online asynchronous classroom with Seth Offenbach. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm Bonnie Stahoviak and this is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches so we can have more peace in our lives and be even

more present for our students. I am so pleased today to be welcoming to the show Seth Offenbach. He's an associate professor in the History Department at Bronx Community College within the City University of New York. His first book was The Conservative Movement and the Vietnam War, the Other Side of Vietnam. His most recent article is Kindness and Community in an online asynchronous classroom from the January 2025 edition of Currents in Teaching and Learning.

He's the past president of the HNet organization and current list and book review editor for the H. Diplo Network. And as I'm welcoming Seth to the show, I just want to mention that as soon as I read his essay, which we'll be discussing today in Currents, I instantly thought, I want to talk to him, and I'm so glad that he's joining me today. His article explores how faculty can cultivate meaningful, kind, and inclusive learning environments within online asynchronous college courses. And if you're listening and don't think that you teach asynchronously,

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