Monday, April 4, 2022

Recommended Articles

Contributed by Jenni Willis-Opalenik, Ph.D., Director - OIT Technology Learning Services

In contrast to last week's recommended podcast, the IDT team offers this week the following recommended articles for your perusal.

Gamrat, C., Tiwari, S, and Bekiroglu, S. O. (2022 March 10). Inclusive ADDIE: Initial considerations for DEI pedagogy. EDUCAUSE. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/3/inclusive-addie-initial-considerations-for-dei-pedagogy

Excerpt: Learning environments should foster a sense of belonging and make all students feel welcome, valued, and respected. The instructional design process should avoid negative stereotypes and unconscious bias, encourage respect, representation, access, and communication, and recognize students with varying abilities. To achieve these goals, a more comprehensive, inclusive instructional design model is needed. We propose the INCLUSIVE ADDIE model.

Sheen, A. (2022 March 23). Successfully bringing discussion forums into online learning. Fierce Education. Retrieved from https://www.fierceeducation.com/teaching-learning/successfully-bringing-discussion-forums-online-learning

Excerpt: It's great to see online education shift its focus toward building a social presence and helping students feel connected to a broader college community. But one thing hasn't changed: the old-fashioned discussion forum — and that's a huge problem.

Turner, P. (2022 March 14). Revisiting camera use in live remote teaching: Considerations for learning and equity. EDUCAUSE. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/3/revisiting-camera-use-in-live-remote-teaching-considerations-for-learning-and-equity

Excerpt: A thoughtful and equitable approach to webcam use allows students and faculty alike to benefit from the sense of presence that webcams can provide during remote instruction while preserving student privacy.