The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, a NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a free, six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from March 23 – May 4, 2022 via edX. Join our community of over 4,000 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff, and register for our online course this spring. By participating in this course, you will learn how to:… Read more »
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Why pronouns are important for you and your students
Stating our personal pronouns is a way for instructors to build inclusivity and trust in the classroom and facilitate conversations about gender and privilege with students and colleagues. Sharing pronouns is good practice for everyone, even if you feel that you have a visible gender identity. It normalizes the practice of not making assumptions about… Read more »
The Human Connection in the Classroom
Workshop Related Resources -developed for the workshop, Relationship-Rich Education by Joan Middendorf and Akesha Horton The slides from the workshop are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15p_yiXbc87BaqlIQ64R6Q0-mrykCA343/view?usp=sharing The Jamboard from the workshop is here: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1buyiHNUw8GCDuH4kJLchYCemlv46FtzwHA8WNlVD6Ts/edit?usp=sharing Videos Provided by Dr. Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde: https://iu.zoom.us/rec/play/97KHDLCn9PCsWeq2cbjBadHeLUIJptqJcmM5i0Cn3j0yy_cur003y6A5r-vpHIpQ7nOwbrll-dsntEot.CNS0HGIAtoNsfMCd?startTime=1629121591000 Dr. Kalani Craig: https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_n1b8db4m Dr. Meghan Porter:https://blogs.iu.edu/citl/2020/12/07/quick-tip-of-the-week-encouraging-community-in-zoom-classrooms/#.YRwAl9NKiqA. 4:06 Overview Social and emotional components of learning… Read more »
How UDL Helps Us Create Classes Where Everyone Can Learn and Succeed
A few weeks ago we talked about UDL in the conversation around accessible syllabi. This post provides more back ground on what UDL or (Universal Design of Learning) is, and how it can be useful to you when you for the purposes of teaching and learning. The information I am providing was adapted from the… Read more »
8 Summer Reads on DEI
The National Institute on Scientific Teaching has shared a few recommendations for summer reading. This list focuses on books that may help us deepen our understanding of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) topics in higher education. Full descriptions are provided in the links by clicking on the titles. I have also added a link to… Read more »
Resources on Race and Cultural Diversity in the US
Next week, the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education NCORE® takes place: https://ncore.ou.edu/en/ncore-2021/programming/. The NCORE® conference series constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and… Read more »
Inclusive Pedagogy
The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University recently launched an Inclusive Pedagogy Toolkit. The kit looks at different aspects of teaching (pedagogy, content, assessments, climate, and power) and provides several key strategies for making classrooms inclusive, equitable, and meaningful. Each aspect has 3-4 key takeaways. For example, in the content section,… Read more »