Diversity

What do we already know about culturally responsive teaching?

Dr. Ingrid Everett presented results of a study on culturally responsive teaching (CRT) at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. Everett is an early childhood educator with a background in Head Start. The presentation entitled: “Culturally Responsive Teaching, Math, And Teacher Education” had the subtitle “We already know what to do” highlighted Everett’s goal of sharing […]
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Social Justice and Spanish

Amanda Petersen from the University of California San Diego presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on “Through the Social Justice Lens: Cases from Language and Literatures” with colleagues. Petersen talked about the use of social justice language pedagogy in introductory courses. I did not think about this. Petersen defined social justice language pedagogy as: Social […]
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Ladders and Tools to Help Us Support Latinx Learners

Dr. Melissa Salazar, CEO of ESCALA and colleagues presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online about “Designing Inclusive Online Learning Environments for Minoritized Students” with a focus on cultural frameworks and engagement. Salazar described Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) and their instructor and student demographics. On average, HSIs are about 50% Hispanic for students, yet HSI […]
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Partnerships to Improve Learning in a Diversity Course

Dr. Adam Barragato from the University of Michigan and Dr. Natasha Watkins from Purdue University presented a session entitled “Exploring Students’ Perceptions of Learning Partnerships within a Diversity Course” at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. They described a study that was part of Barragato’s dissertation conducted in the class that Watkins teaches. I had heard […]
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Online Case Study Modules on Seeking Equity

Professor Christina Yongue from the University of North Carolina Greensboro presented with coauthor Professor Christina Dixon on online case studies to promote equity at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. I’m very interested in the use of case studies in online courses and how to improve implementation, engagement (of all participants), and assessment. Including discussions about […]
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Beyond Diversity?

Drs. Maru Gonzalez and Sharon Chung presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online a session entitled “Beyond Diversity: Centering Social Justice Education in the Online Classroom” that captured my attention. I had heard from Gonzalez from one of the OFD Certificate programs and was happy to see a presentation. Chung and Gonzalez started with some […]
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An Antiracism Education Module for Asynchronous Courses

Dr. Peter Hessling, a professor in the North Carolina State University College of Education, Created an Antiracist Module for a course they teach. This course is online and asynchronous and has received QM approval. Along with Elizabeth Uzzell (a graduate student in education with experience teaching), Hessling created a presentation entitled “Antiracist Education in Asynchronous […]
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Thoughtful Land Acknowledgments

Dr. Corrie Whitmore from the University of Alaska Anchorage presented a short recorded session for the 2029 Lilly Conference online. The title of Whitmore’s presentation immediately caught my attention: “Land Acknowledgements: Making them Meaningful and Appropriate,” as I have honestly struggled to use a land acknowledgement during a session. Last year, I edited a land […]
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Equitable Participatory Experiences

Dr. Aaron Gierhart from Columbus State University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online on course design, theory, and course participation during the pandemic. Gierhart shared their career experiences and family life. Gierhart completed a doctoral dissertation in February 2020 on narrative studies of five elementary school teachers that integrated technology in different ways at […]
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Virtual Studio Lab Spaces?

Dr. Travis Flohr from Penn State University presented a recorded session for the 2020 Lilly Conference online entitled “The Virtual Studio: An Emerging Tacit Learning Management System Framework” describing a visually stunning new virtual course environment. Flohr and colleagues re-envisioned and designed a virtual environment for their architecture/landscaping design courses that provided the interactions and […]
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