Discussions

Diverse Representation

Initial Post (by Thursday Evening)

Use the DEIA-annotated course review rubric to critique your course and reflect on the suggested practices and how they might be useful. Please post no later than Thursday evening, in preparation for our live meeting Friday.

In your initial post, please respond to Questions 1-3 below, based on your course review. 

  1. Where in your course is there room for growth in the area? What specific standard from the course-review rubric needs attention?
  2. What ideas seem most actionable and appropriate for your course?
  3. What questions do you still have regarding this DEIA lens or the shared opportunities for improvement?

Workshop tip: If you have identified a DEIA strategy that you might be able to apply to your course, feel free to fill out the portion of the Presentation Template that you are working on for the workshop project. 

Follow-up post (optional, by Monday evening)

If you wish, after the live meeting Friday, return to this discussion forum and consider the following additional questions and respond to your colleagues’ contributions by Monday evening.

Reflecting on the live discussion this week, your experience with using the DEIA-annotated course-review rubric to reflect on your course, and the materials on Blackboard, also reflect on either of the questions below.

  1. How can OER and/or Open Pedagogy help?
  2. How has your understanding of this DEIA lens changed this week?

Inclusion & Accessibility

Initial Post (by Thursday evening)

Use the DEIA-annotated course review rubric to critique your course and reflect on the suggested practices and how they might be useful. Please post no later than Thursday evening, in preparation for our live meeting Friday.

In your initial post, please respond to Questions 1-3 below, based on your course review. 

  1. Where in your course is there room for growth in the area? What specific standard from the course-review rubric needs attention?
  2. What ideas seem most actionable and appropriate for your course?
  3. What questions do you still have regarding this DEIA lens or the shared opportunities for improvement?

Workshop tip: If you have identified a DEIA strategy that you might be able to apply to your course, feel free to fill out the portion of the Presentation Template that you are working on for the workshop project. 

Follow-up post (optional, by Monday evening)

If you wish, after the live meeting Friday, return to this discussion forum and consider the following additional questions and respond to your colleagues’ contributions by Monday evening.

Reflecting on the live discussion this week, your experience with using the DEIA-annotated course-review rubric to reflect on your course, and the materials on Blackboard, also reflect on either of the questions below.

  1. How can OER and/or Open Pedagogy help?
  2. How has your understanding of this DEIA lens changed this week?

Student Voice & Choice

Initial Post (by Thursday evening)

Use the DEIA-annotated course review rubric to critique your course and reflect on the suggested practices and how they might be useful. Please post no later than Thursday evening, in preparation for our live meeting Friday.

In your initial post, please respond to Questions 1-3 below, based on your course review. 

  1. Where in your course is there room for growth in the area? What specific standard from the course-review rubric needs attention?
  2. What ideas seem most actionable and appropriate for your course?
  3. What questions do you still have regarding this DEIA lens or the shared opportunities for improvement?

Workshop tip: If you have identified a DEIA strategy that you might be able to apply to your course, feel free to fill out the portion of the Presentation Template that you are working on for the workshop project. 

Follow-up post (optional, by Monday)

If you wish, after the live meeting Friday, return to this discussion forum and consider the following additional questions and respond to your colleagues’ contributions by Monday evening.

Reflecting on the live discussion this week, your experience with using the DEIA-annotated course-review rubric to reflect on your course, and the materials on Blackboard, also reflect on either of the questions below.

  1. How can OER and/or Open Pedagogy help?
  2. How has your understanding of this DEIA lens changed this week?

Workshop Reflection

After our final live meeting and workshop project share-out, please reflect on your experience of this workshop. You may use any of these questions as a prompt for reflection:

  • What aspect of the course review process through the lenses of DEIA practices resonated most with you? What was surprising or new to you?
  • Do you feel your use OER and Open Pedagogy practices aligns with your inclusive teaching practice? How so, or if not, what is causing a disconnect?
  • What are your next steps with this process of reflection and implementation of DEIA practices in your teaching?
  • How can we support you in continuing the work you’ve begun here?

Feel free to share as much or as little as you are inspired to, and please do share comments with colleagues if you wish.