Inclusive Online Teaching
As our faculty transition to online teaching, it is important that their courses remain inclusive for all of their students. Below are several resources developed by the IE Team, CAE, and other Universities for faculty to utilize that include the best inclusive teaching practices for an online course.
*This page will continue to develop throughout the course of the semester.
Responding to COVID-19 with Inclusivity
The fear of Coronavirus has resulted in incidents of bias and harassment against Chinese nationals, Chinese Americans, and people of Asian heritage here, and worldwide. Many members of our community, including our international students, faculty, and staff, may be dealing with stigma. Please uphold our commitment to Inclusive Excellence. The Centers for Disease Control provides information on stigma related to this outbreak.
Resources
- Considerations When Moving Your Course Online
- The tips suggested here were adapted from the Connecticut College’s Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) and Instructional Technology (IT) by the CAE.
- Employing Equity-Minded & Culturally-Affirming Teaching & Learning Practices in Virtual Learning Communities (recorded webinar)
- by Dr. Frank Harries III and Dr. J. Luke Wood
- Bridging the Digital Divide: Teaching for Equity and Empathy in the Wake of COVID-19 (recorded webinar)
- This recorded webinar was hosted by Indiana University's Dr. Carmen Henne-Ochoa, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Arts and Sciences. In this webinar, Dr. Henne-Ochoa discusses access, diversifying learning opportunities, options for participation, grading students on privilege, and more.
- Holding Space for Students
- This resource was developed by the ASU Inclusive Excellence Team to help faculty develop supportive classroom spaces for students during difficult times.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education Collection of Articles: How to Cope with Coronavirus: How Faculty Can Support Students in Traumatic Times
- Humanizing Online Teaching
- This resource centers around striving to humanize education. This Saint Mary’s resource is based on the scholarship on teaching practices for equity and social justice and the authors' collective experiences of online and hybrid teaching. It is not centered on the technical aspects of online teaching but rather pedagogical practices that promote care for the whole student and class collective.
- Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely
- This is a source from Rice University that discusses how to teach inclusively during COVID-19. It covers:
- Unequal access to technology, hardware, and software
- Balancing synchronous and asynchronous tools and materials
- Tips for learning during disruption
- Creating an inclusive environment
- This is a source from Rice University that discusses how to teach inclusively during COVID-19. It covers:
Maintaining Equity and Inclusion in Virtual Learning Environments
- This is a guide from San Diego State University that provides suggestions on how to maintain equity and inclusion in online classrooms. This resource covers accessibility, flexibility, proactivity, relationality, and transparency.
- COVID-19 and Videoclassism: Implicit Bias, Videojudgment, and Why I’m Terrified to Have You Look Over My Shoulder (PDF)
- In this brief op-ed piece, Dr. Taharee Jackson discusses the socioeconomic dynamics of synchronous virtual video-conferencing and online learning that many of us have never thought about. Dr. Jackson offers a non-exhaustive list of five recommendations for interrupting videoclassism and checking the implicit bias that accompanies this platform for interaction.