Conquering the Zoombies

Abstract

In this piece we offer a reflexive account of our recent experiences of teaching with drama in two different online settings. Eva will recount her practice teaching trainee teachers in Switzerland and Nicky will recall her practice working with postgraduate applied theatre students in a drama school in the UK. Over and over again, we have encountered the mind-set that teaching drama online is “not possible”, or at the very least, that it is but a pale reflection of face-to-face teaching. Although we were out of our comfort zone at first, we now feel that teaching with drama online has its place in our fast-paced and increasingly technological world. Teaching and learning in digital contexts will likely remain a reality from now on, thus it is the purpose of this article to make the case for the creative potential of and indeed urgent need for online teaching that includes drama.

Trends in Arabic Educational Research: A Content Analysis of Eleven Saudi Refereed Journals in 2021

“…The findings extend the study by Göksel and Abraham (2022), which claim that the conduction of drama in online mode proves to be more beneficial than in offline mode in certain cases, like giving autonomy to learners to rearrange their own space, also allowing participants from different parts of the world to participate. In this study, authors could easily connect with the learners from three different parts of India.…”