FLO MicroCourse: Bringing the Practice of Positionality into Teaching and Learning OER 2023
Topic outline
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The facilitators will post announcements here to provide information and feedback on the day's activities. As a course participant, you are automatically registered in this forum, which means you will receive email alerts whenever something new is posted here.
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This short book is like a syllabus. It provides an overview of the week, time commitments, and requirements for obtaining a digital badge certifying your completion of the course
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This video provides a brief guide to navigating this course.
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This course outline provides a comprehensive guide through the topics, learning objectives, and learning activities for each day of this FLO MicroCourse. Please refer to this regularly to ensure that your daily efforts are aligned and focused with the course structured progression.
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Here's a resource list on positionality in teaching and learning, organized into two parts: one featuring articles and blogs from higher education institution websites, and another comprising scholarly articles.
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Meet Gwen Nguyen and Britt Dzioba
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As we start this learning journey together, we invite each of you to introduce yourself to our community. Please share a bit about who you are, and your land acknowledgement. Also, we encourage you to share what you hope to contribute to and gain from this course. Your participation will enrich our collective learning experience.
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Consider selecting one of those resources to delve into the concept of positionality
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Start discussions: 1 Post replies: 1
In this forum, we invite you to reflect and share your insights on two key questions:
(1) How does your positionality influence your teaching practices? This includes everything, from designing your course curriculum, delivering content, to assessing students' learning.
(2) Could you please share specific activities or exercises you have implemented or plan to implement in their classrooms to integrate the concept of positionality? These could range from discussion prompts to interactive projects or any other ideas you’ve found effective in bringing the concept of positionality to daily classroom practice.
Please post your reflection and comment on at least one of others' posts.
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Choose one of those resources to delve into the discussion of how to enact this practice into our daily work, esp. teaching practice
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Here is a PDF of the Short Presentation: An Arts-Based Approach to Crafting Your Positionality Statements
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Suggested Activity: (could be done in Padlet/Jamboard/GoogleDoc/Forum/etc)
Since the example doesn't provide personal information, we kept this link available.
In this Jamboard activity, we collectively explore 2 questions:
(1) What is your favourite way to creatively express yourself? You can name multiple outlets!
(2) How might one of your positionalities influence your teaching approaches?
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Start discussions: 1 Post replies: 1
In this activity, you will engage in small group Forum: Co-Reflection and Celebration, where each participant will share their positionality statement and provide feedback to others. Please consider this as an opportunity to engage in self-reflection and gain insights from the diverse experiences and perspectives of your peers.
Please note, in this forum, you'll only see posts and comments from members of your specific group. This small group forum is designed to foster a more comfortable learning environment for presenting positionality statements and offering feedback as gifts.
Please read the forum instruction carefully. And thanks for your participation and contributing to this enriching exchange of perspectives.
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On Day 4, you will engage in small group Forum: Co-Reflection and Celebration, where each participant will share their positionality statement and provide feedback to others. Please consider this as an opportunity to engage in self-reflection and gain insights from the diverse experiences and perspectives of your peers.
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If you have any question about how to navigate this course, about what to do, about the technology, or about the content, use this discussion board to post your question. The facilitators will monitor the board and respond within 12 hours. Any participant in this course can post questions or respond to peers.
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