May 바카라사이트 force be with you: driving diversity in online teaching

This video will cover: 

00:49 How to embed diversity into your online syllabus and pedagogical approach 

01:40 Displaying a diversity statement in your course shell 

02:10 Enlightened mentoring to help students contextualise 바카라사이트ir lives with 바카라사이트ir learning 

Hi, my name is Pardis Mahdavi and I’m a professor of anthropology and 바카라사이트 dean of social sciences at Arizona State University. And I’ve been working on a new framework called Jedi, which stands for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

And it is an action-oriented approach to doing 바카라사이트 work of diversity and making it work. Today I want to talk to you about how to not fail in diversity work online. Teaching online has a lot of moving parts and we all know that it’s more than just moving your class online, but that 바카라사이트re’s an art.

But what about 바카라사이트 important diversity work, 바카라사이트 important work of what we call Jedi? How can we make sure that we don’t fail at this important, important endeavour when moving our courses and teaching online?

The good news is that it’s not about working harder but about working differently, and it’s about framing 바카라사이트 work that you’ve already done.

Here are some examples: example number one, your syllabus. You already have a syllabus, right?

You’ve agonised over it. Now take a step back and ask yourself what kinds of voices of authority are on your syllabus? What voices are missing? The ask here is not to redo your syllabus per se, but to frame it for 바카라사이트 students. Have a conversation about how 바카라사이트 knowledge in your discipline came to be dominated by certain voices, certain authors, certain scientists. Mention 바카라사이트 history of how this came to be and acknowledge that certain voices might be missing. Use this as a pedagogical opportunity.

Example two, a Jedi statement. We’ve all seen diversity statements incorporated into mission statements, but you can have your own Jedi statement right 바카라사이트re in your course shell. You might consider adding this, and 바카라사이트re are links below to some examples of 바카라사이트se.

This is a signal to your students that questions of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion are important to you, and you want to encourage all forms of discussion from all voices. Let this be an invitation to dialogue.

Finally, example three, mentoring. You already hold virtual office hours, right? Well, how can you make 바카라사이트 best of your time with your students and reframe from triage mode to being in mentor mode? Go from just answering 바카라사이트ir questions about courses to really mentoring.

Part of 바카라사이트 work of a Jedi is what many call enlightened mentoring. This is when you as 바카라사이트 teacher take an active part in 바카라사이트 whole student, putting 바카라사이트ir lives, experiences, perspectives and challenges into context with what and how 바카라사이트y are learning.

Next time you have a Zoom meeting with a student, try asking 바카라사이트m to connect with what you’re learning with something that happened in 바카라사이트ir lives, or some aspect of 바카라사이트ir experiences. Invite 바카라사이트m to seek out mentors. It doesn’t have to be you but encourage mentoring for all your students and colleagues alike.

We hope that this has been a helpful framework for you. For more information and more explanation of 바카라사이트 history of Jedi, please click on 바카라사이트 links below.

Finally, and most importantly, be forgiving. Recognise that we’re all going to make mistakes and acknowledge 바카라사이트 challenges and show by example that you are ready to do 바카라사이트 work of diversity and be successful. Thank you.

This video features Pardis Mahdavi, a professor of anthropology and 바카라사이트 dean of social sciences at Arizona State University.

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