Creative Strategies for Equitable Engagement in Online Classes

Streamed Session Equity and Inclusion

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Brief Abstract

In this interactive synchronous session, participants will explore principles and practices for cultivating an equitable and engaging virtual learning environment. Through a series of activities and reflections, they will explore common challenges around student engagement and develop strategies to build community and design high impact virtual experiences for individual and team-based learning.

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Presenters

Lead Presenter: Tazin Daniels, The Pedagologist

Dr. Tazin Daniels is an educational developer, consultant and coach who specializes strategies for equitable online teaching. Currently, she is an Assistant Director at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. She also runs her own consulting platform, ThePedagologist.com, where she helps higher education professionals reach their goals of building inclusive and equitable learning environments and experiences.

Extended Abstract

In this interactive synchronous session, participants will explore principles and practices for cultivating an equitable and engaging virtual learning environment. Through a series of activities and reflections, they will explore common challenges around student engagement and develop strategies to build community and design high impact virtual experiences for individual and team-based learning.

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

  1. Identify solutions to common problems with learner engagement in online classes.
  2. Incorporate principles for building community and cultivating inclusion in online classes.
  3. Implement tools for facilitating equitable engagement in online classes at various scales