Diversity among Learners and Teachers:
Using Technology to Identify It, Respond to It, and Take
Advantage of It
Thursdays, June 12, 19, and 26 2:00-3:00PM EDT
Leaders/Presenters: Naomi Story, Mesa Community College,
Steve Gilbert, TLT Group, Steve Ehrmann, TLT Group with
special guests
AUDIENCE: faculty
support/development staff; faculty; graduate teaching
assistants; human resources staff.
Students can differ in many ways that matter
in a course. How can faculty make use of technology to
discover some of the more subtle, important differences
among students? When the differences have to do with wealth,
can technology be used in ways that level the playing field?
And when students differ in what they bring to the course
(culture, skills, preconceptions, knowledge), can faculty
and students use technology in ways that make diversity into
an asset for the course?
In each of the three sessions of this course, we will
introduce some 'take-away' ideas and tools that faculty can
use, easily and inexpensively, in their teaching. And we are
looking for participants who will do the same: bring their
own experiences and ideas to the workshop, and share them
with other participants. We'll have some materials to help
you prepare for each session. And we'll be polling
participants to see who has relevant ideas and experiences
to share in each session.
Needs
Assessment Survey: If
you're even considering attending the workshop, we could use
your input to help plan it (and later workshops on this same
topic).
Click here
to help us plan!
(If you're interested in
Flashlight Online 2.0,
that's the tool we used to create this form. We're
especially pleased with the rubrics.)
Acknowledging the
Challenge(s) and Complexity of Diversity:
This is not the same old diversity discussion - we'll be confronting
the paradox:
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People are tired of
conversations about diversity, technology and engagement AND
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People are reluctant to talk about more complex, difficult,
and painful challenges that are becoming more pressing -
about the interaction of diversity, engagement, technology -
both at the institutional level and the individual course
level.
Session One:
Identifying and
Describing
Diversity:
How can we use technology to discover the dimensions and
extent of diversity in the group you're working with as well
as to discover the different reasons why students may not be
doing well in the same teaching/learning activity.
Session Two:
Responding to Diversity
How can we identify and deal constructively with the
significant gap that exists with respect to the use of
technology among diverse groups and individuals?
We will focus on
realizing more of the potential of COMMONLY AVAILABLE
TECHNOLOGY for teaching and learning for groups that have
access to common tools (e.g., cell phones) but who have not
had much
opportunity for
experiencing the educational uses of these common tools.
Session Three:
Taking advantage of Diversity:
How can we use technology to take advantage of student
diversity - or even extend that diversity? What are some
instructional possibilities - among students taking the same
course or perhaps students in different courses in different
countries?
All of the TLT Group’s online offerings include use of
“low threshold” tools, examination of controversial
issues, options for participants with a range of
experience, and suggestions for assessment as you
integrate what you’ve learned into your
repertoire. For information about how TLT events are
different from most others you've attended, click
HERE.
Participants should sign-in 15 minutes early
for tech instructions and to meet others in the group;
they also have the option of remaining online for a
half-hour follow-up discussion immediately after the
workshop.
Registration prices:
Click
here 
to
register for this three-part workshop.
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Workshop Pricing
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$Free- TLT
Subscriber (institutions) and Individual
Members
Click here to
see if your institution is a TLT subscriber
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$40 -
Single login for an individual affiliated
with co-sponsors
Click here for
relevant co-sponsor list |
$50 - Single login
for an unassociated individual. (If you
became an individual member for $95, this
workshop would be a benefit.)
See
to become an individual member.
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$100 - Single login for a
group meeting together.
We're very interested in finding how to make
our online activities valuable for local
groups. Please let us know if you'll
be participating in this way so that we can
shape the workshop to accommodate you
better. Contact
Sally Gilbert. |
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