Join the Office of Academic Innovation on May 10, 2018 at 2 p.m. in Cook 404B for the Magna Online Seminar: Three Secrets to Building Diverse and Inclusive Online Learning Environments. The seminar provides a general introduction to social presences and an overview of the significance of social presence to the online classroom when viewed through the lens of culture and diversity. Through the strategies discussed, you will come away better prepared to increase student participation and engagement in a diverse online classroom, equipped with strategies that increase student inclusion in the online environment, and ready to create culturally responsive social presence in the online space. During the interactive discussion, you will delve into the application of various dimensions of cultural relevance and explore strategies that increase student engagement in the online classroom. You will discover instructional strategies that decrease acculturation and increase cultural responsiveness in the online environment.
LEARNING GOALS
Upon completion of this seminar, you will be able to:
- Increase student participation and completion rates in the online classroom.
- Create social presence with a culturally responsive lens.
- Encourage students to actively consider differing perspectives.
- Create inclusive online spaces for all students.
TOPICS COVERED
- Cultural attributes of social presence
- Instructional strategies that decrease acculturation in online experiences.
- Culturally responsive online learning environments.
