Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education

Laura Parson (she/her/hers) is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at North Dakota State University, USA. Previously, she was Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Administration Program at Auburn University, USA, where she coordinated the Certificate in College/University Teaching program. Her research interests include effective teaching and learning in higher education explored through a critical lens.  C. Casey Ozaki (she/her/hers) is Associate Professor in the Department of Education, Health, and Behavior Studies at the University of North Dakota, USA. Her research bisects both the student affairs and teaching and learning areas of the college campus, with a shared focus on diverse students, their outcomes, and factors that influence those outcomes.

1. Introduction.- 2. Examination of virtual and online education settings through a social justice lens.- 3. A review of online technologies and tools to promote learning through a social justice lens.- 4. Promoting equitable access to content through learning management systems.- 5. Best practices to employ kinesthetic and hands-on learning in virtual settings.- 6. Considering equitable access to course content through asynchronous online learning.- 7. Creating collaborative opportunities for learning in the virtual classroom.- 8. Faculty Development programming for developing competence in online classroom settings.- 9. Providing Title IX and other cultural awareness and competency training online.- 10. Assessing learning in the virtual classroom.- 11. Conclusion.