This post is from Daniela Gutierrez Lopez, the CITL’s DEIJ Graduate Assistant. See below for Daniela’s bio. Does anyone else feel like we’ve been stuck going around a revolving door between online and in-person instruction? Sometimes it spins faster, sometimes slower, sometimes we’re in the space by ourselves and sometimes more people jump in, cramming… Read more »
Increasing numbers of campus events open with land acknowledgements that recognize Indigenous histories of the lands on which IUB is built, but what do you know about the history of Indigenous people in this area, or about our current indigenous student population? Here are three videos that instructors—and students—can use to enhance understanding of the… Read more »
As we prepare for the coming semester, we are offered yet another opportunity to iterate on our instructional materials and approaches. Some instructors are creating new materials while others are modifying the pre-existing ones. We’d like to offer you a quick checklist along with some considerations for improving accessibility and providing alternate modalities from which… Read more »
How can we teach with empathy, equity and justice in mind? For too many years, instructors have left it up to somebody else to talk about the overt and systemic inequities facing historically excluded people. Now, every teacher is encouraged to face a powerful reckoning in higher education. “LACE, or Love, Authenticity, Courage, and Empathy,… Read more »
What is mindset? Why does it matter for instructors? When instructors have a “weed-out” mentality or teach to the “best” students who seem likely go on to graduate school in our fields, it can result in helplessness and poor persistence for many other students. Professor Mary Murphy of IUB found that growth mindset reminds students… Read more »
What single factor makes for an excellent education? The simple answer to this question is human relationships. Learning is not just cognitive; it has social and emotional properties, and evidence shows that with a focus on relationships, achievement gaps can be halved. Students want to feel welcome in the classroom AND evidence shows this will… Read more »
