LDES 5001 | Fall 2023 Readings Synthesis

1. What strategies can educators employ to cultivate their racial literacy, and how can they effectively convey this skill to their students?

2. How can teachers/learning designers think more creatively about what participation might look like and hold space for students who aren’t as confident (or able to) share ideas? How can educators demonstrate comfort & curiosity with students' confusion, nervousness to engage, or varying view points.

3. What are the emotional and mental limitations of educators? How do we ensure their wellbeing? At what point does advancing DEI and other educational values go beyond an instructor’s capacity?

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4. How we can strike a balance between our commitment to addressing these issues and the myriad other educational priorities and demands?

5. How does the learning environment communicate before the instructor speaks a single word? How can we make sure it’s communicating in an inclusive, supportive way?

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6. what kinds of structures can highlight the similarities between teaching and designing roles? What barriers currently exist between the two stakeholders that can cause tension? How do we work towards a more intuitively collaborative partnership between educators and designers?

7. How can instructors effectively utilize praise in their classrooms? What are examples of responses to student answers that would actually prompt further participation and discussion?

8. What are other ways we can incorporate elements of storytelling (and play) into our learning engagement projects? Are there ways these elements can actually be directly linked to students' products as well as their process?

9. How can we design a space for teachers to build this self awareness and challenge their own biases to create a more equitable learning environments. How can educators and instructional designers work together to create courses that think about student well-being and foster a sense of belonging?