Category Inclusive Practice

Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Pedagogy, Teaching Tips, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

Trauma-informed practices for finals

For some of us, the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the deepest experiences of trauma we’ve had. Trauma can be defined as “any experience in which a person’s internal resources are not adequate to cope with external stressors” (Hoch et…

klnewman4
November 24, 2020
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Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

Demystifying trauma-informed teaching

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When students enter the classroom, they come with a backpack of experiences – some positive and some not so positive. Trauma-informed teaching helps us recognize the societal, systemic, and family impacts on students, including various forms of societal oppression (racism,…

UAF CTL Staff
November 17, 2020
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Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Pedagogy, Teaching Tips, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

Building community in a virtual world

There is a common misconception that it’s harder for students to feel connected when they can’t meet in person, or that distance-based learning is inherently less impactful for students. Although this may apply in some cases, it’s up to the…

UAF CTL Staff
November 10, 2020

Inclusive Practice, Pedagogy, Teaching Tips, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

We are more than floating heads

A hand-drawn illustration of a human with the words "creativity", "safety", "knowledge", and "understanding" surrounding the person.

Trauma, anxiety, and depression impact us cognitively, emotionally, and physically. Trauma-informed approaches to pedagogy allow us to take a more holistic, embodied approach to the teaching and learning processes. Read more to learn strategies of embodied and trauma-informed pedagogy to better support students.

UAF CTL Staff
November 2, 2020

Best practices, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Keeping the door open

Now more than ever, you are an important tether between our students and campus. Here are some tips for keeping the door open to maintain a relationship with your students.

UAF CTL Staff
April 24, 2020

Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Quality Matters, Teaching Tips

Open resources for accessibility

This colorful image illustrates web accessibility or eAccessibility, inclusive websites, and web tools designed and coded so people who need different accommodations can use them.

Accessibility is a topic appearing in mainstream conversation with increasing frequency. When it comes to making course materials inclusive and accessible, there are a variety of open tools available.

Christen Booth
November 18, 2019

Best practices, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Support students’ basic needs

Human hand placing cubes etched with symbols of food, clothing, housing, and medicine on a table.

If we learned anything this summer, it’s that working under conditions of uncertainty and crisis makes it hard to get the work done. This is equally true for students, and it is true at the macro-level of statewide budgeting as…

klnewman4
September 8, 2019
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#facdev Session or Workshop, Inclusive Practice, Pedagogy, Presentations & Events, Teaching Tips

Practice object-based teaching

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Though I've long practiced the technique of Object-Based Teaching (OBT) in face-to-face and online classrooms alike, I'd never really looked into the scholarship behind it until recently. I'd also not really considered the pedagogical principles behind it, nor whether my pedagogy needed any scrutiny and modification. It turns out that there were some aspects of my practice I needed to modify.

UAF CTL Staff
April 9, 2019

Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Creating research opportunities for distance students

student works on a computer, with an overlay of chemistry symbols over the top of the first image to symbolize research opportunities for distance students.

In celebration of Research and Creative Activity Day on April 9, here are some ways to get online undergraduate students involved in research and creative projects, and how to involve yourself as a mentor.

Clara Noomah
April 7, 2019

Emerging ideas, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Try inclusive class agendas

An agenda creates transparency and welcomes inclusion in the classroom. If these are qualities you strive for in your teaching, consider these principles for creating open, inclusive class agendas.

klnewman4
March 31, 2019

Best practices, Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Apply Universal Design to your course

Universal Design is a collection of principles for making an experience inclusive for a range of users with consideration to age, ability, size and any other condition that causes them to be more or less successful interacting with the world. It is an approach to design that intentionally means to benefit many individuals and it can be applied to course design.

Christen Booth
September 10, 2018