In the Spring of 2020, the Institute for Faculty Development is conducting a survey regarding our faculty members’ use of culturally responsive teaching, as well as the ways in which we use educational technology to meet a more diverse student body. As we sent around a draft of the survey, several people mentioned that it would be helpful to have a resource available to explore how to make use of the approaches that were mentioned.

To that end, please see the resources linked to below in the two areas the survey explored.

Culturally-Responsive Teaching

• Welcome statement (video or written) on Canvas (see section on Instructor Information in this Chronicle Guide)
• Recording for how to pronounce your name
• Implicit bias and how to address microagressions
• Help on how to study for exams
• Show examples of past exemplar assignment submissions
• Set clear expectations using action verbs and activities from Bloom’s taxonomy
• Frequent, low-stakes assignments
• Protect against bias in grading
• Have someone observe your class, or do a self evaluation
• Use retrieval practice in your teaching
• Use the Think-pair-share approach
• Utilize multiple means of representation
• Display/share learning goals for the class session
• Use active learning approaches in class

Educational Technology

• Polling service to assess comprehension (PollEverywhere, Mentimeter, Acadly)
• Flashcard and quizzing app (Quizlet, Quizizz),
• Game app (Heads Up, Kahoot)
• Infographics or other visualization apps (Canva, Piktochart)
• Canvas Studio video service
• Video response service (e.g. FlipGrid)
• Canvas attendance (Roll Call)
• Podcasts
• Canvas speedgrader (grading and giving students feedback within Canvas)

We are thankful for all the evidence we have to share with our various partners and agencies regarding the ways in which our faculty continue to grow and develop in these areas.