Teaching Online with Equity in Mind: Course Sneak Peek

Looking for guidance as you bring your classroom online? Need more tech tools for online engagement? Want to learn about digital equity? Learners Edge can help with this new course Teaching Online with Equity in Mind.

This course provides a solid foundation for any teacher moving from face-to-face instruction to online instruction. Participants will discover best practices for developing high-quality tech-based lessons, facilitating online discussions and incorporating a host of digital tools to support learning goals. Those enrolled in the course will investigate the challenges surrounding digital equity and learn tried and true solutions like Culturally Responsive Teaching and Universal Design for Learning. Teaching Online with Equity in Mind includes two modules culminating in multiple choice progress checks and one module with a larger application project and reflection requirement.

Here is a sneak peek from the course:

Investigation: Building Community

Whether school is online, face-to-face or a hybrid of both, the science is clear — relationships matter! Research tells us that emotion and learning are intertwined, and students who feel safe and supported by adults are better able to learn. That means when building online classrooms, your first priority should be to nurture positive teacher-to-student and student-to-student connections. To learn more about these important connections, complete the following:

Watch this video on why building strong relationships with students is key to their success.
Read these articles to learn some foundational components for building relationships from a distance.
- How Do You Make Individualized Connections to Your Students via Online Learning?
- 7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure
Review this list of Creative Ways Teachers Are Building Classroom Community Online from WeAreTeachers and this article on Social-Emotional Learning Activities for Online Teaching.
Finally, in your journal, make a list of 10 strategies or activities you plan to implement as you build and/or sustain your online community of learners. As a reminder, the journal is for your own learning and reflection and will not be submitted.