Facilitating student connections and study partners during periods of remote and online learning

We outline an early-semester social activity designed to engage students with course material at an early point in the semester, but also to foster social and academic connections. Social engagement among students has been shown to have a positive impact on learning and the move to remote and online teaching has placed students in an environment lacking social
opportunities. We provide formal and informal feedback of the events as well as extensions for additional social events that could be completed throughout the semester.