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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive. Who are you to your students? Do they trust you?

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. A new author they can add to their course to make it more diverse and inclusive. Who are you to your students? Do they trust you?

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Fostering Inclusivity Through True Support for Female Faculty

WCET Frontiers

Lessons Learned and Key Takeaways Five years ago, I moved from teaching into administration, specifically in faculty development. In supporting women faculty with disabilities during this time (including during a pandemic), their unique needs became clear to me in ways I had not considered before. O’Toole, Jennifer Cooke.

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Celebrating the Good

Continuous Learning Institute

Increased Accessibility: From the use of alt text to a greater awareness of how to support neurodivergent students, there’s been a strong faculty-led charge towards inclusivity for individuals with disabilities at many campuses. Grading Reform: More faculty than ever before are reimagining grading practices.

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OEE Scholar Interview Series: Dr. Sharla Berry

ACPA

Dr. Berry is committed to using her research to support practitioners in teaching and leading with technology. Her recent book, “ Creating Inclusive Online Communities : Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students ” focuses on how to better support college students in online learning environments.

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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

Faculty Focus

This alternative student-centered assessment structure moves away from the conventional approach, opting instead for a more diversified and inclusive model of assessment that gives students the agency to choose how to best demonstrate their knowledge.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Some of the data used to make decisions came from needs surveys, student satisfaction survey[s], usage tracking programs, freshman introductory course data, and anecdotal stories shared by ASU staff and faculty. Earning the Seal will only deepen our future work in building a richly diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.

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