According to one national survey of 31,048 students conducted in 2020 by the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), “35% of undergraduates screened positive for major depressive disorder and 39% screened positive for generalized anxiety disorder” (Soria, Horgu, and Luu, 2020). The profound effects of Covid-19 on student mental health will likely continue during… Read more »
Inclusive Teaching
A Culture of Care and Healing in Education
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 »
Learning about IU’s Indigenous People
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 »
Quick Tip: Accessibility Checklist for Instructional Video
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 »
Human Connections in Teaching 3: Love, Equity, and Justice and Student Partnerships
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 »
Human Connections in Teaching 2: Growth Mindset and Sense of Belonging
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 »