This 6-week program engages UMN STEM faculty, instructors, and postdocs in learning, discussion, and reflection that guide and deepen the creation of inclusive learning environments. The program runs from October 6 to November 24, 2024 with Zoom discussions on Wednesdays, October 9 to November 20 from 10-11:15 a.m.
Program Overview
This cohort experience is designed to advance the awareness, self-efficacy, and the ability of faculty, instructors, and postdocs to cultivate inclusive STEM learning environments for all their students and to develop themselves as reflective, inclusive practitioners.
Participants engage both in a no-cost, global online EdX course, The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, and concurrently enroll via Training Hub in a UMN-only weekly facilitated discussion of the course content with a small cohort of colleagues.
Learning Outcomes
Participants in this program will...
- Examine issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education
- Reflect on their own and their students’ identities and experiences
- Question their assumptions about all aspects of instruction
- Identify and implement learner-centered structures and strategies
- Apply principles of evidence-based inclusive teaching
- Use their student learning data and feedback to inform pedagogical and curricular choices
Topics and Schedule
Across five modules, participants acquire knowledge and strategies to construct classroom environments that support the complexities that contribute to student persistence: social identity and its impact on learning; power, positionality, and privilege; inclusive course design; interruption of oppression and microaggressions; and evidence-based teaching.
Module 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Module 2: Instructor Identity and Authority in STEM Classrooms
Module 3: Student Identities and Experiences in the STEM Classroom
Module 4: Creating an Inclusive STEM Course
Module 5: Fostering an Inclusive Climate in the STEM Course
Schedule
Between October 6 and November 24, 2024, you will engage in the global online EdX course, completing one module per week. In addition, you will join a weekly UMN-only facilitated Zoom discussion with STEM colleagues on Wednesdays, October 9 to November 20 from 10-11:15 a.m.
Two-step Enrollment
- Enroll as an auditor in the global online EdX course, The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project. Note: You may select the “verified track” for $49 if you wish to receive an EdX certificate. The “audit” track is free and, upon completion, provides a certificate from the online STEM Teaching team.
Enroll via Training Hub for the UMN-only weekly facilitated discussion of the course content.
Who Should Attend
This course is for UMN STEM faculty, instructors, and postdocs who would like to cultivate inclusive learning environments for their learners. Participants are expected to enter the course recognizing 1) racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, classism, etc. are real and present and 2) being a reflective, inclusive instructor is a lifelong process of discovery that requires continuous learning.
Questions?
Contact Dr. Barbara Billington, bill0041@umn.edu