Diversity Education: Enhancing Online Courses with Web 2.0

Diversity Education

Enhancing Learning Management Systems

with Web 2.0

LMS Drawback

One Size Does Not Fit All

LMS Drawback

Systems are Locked and Closed.

LMS Drawback

Designed for content presentation.

LMS Drawback

Tools focus mostly ontext-based content & discourse.

LMS Drawback

No tools for other forms of expression:

voice, arts, multi-media.

LMS Drawback

step-by-step, module-by-module

linear process

LMS Drawback

instructor-developed-driven

LMS Drawback

Content cannot be easilytaken by and with the student

after the course ends.

LMS Drawback

Learning Management Systems:The wrong place to start learning

http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/lms.htm

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Course Website: PB Works Wiki

http://diversityandeducation.pbworks.com/FrontPage

Course Website: NING

http://diversityandeducation.ning.com/

Course Website: NING

exploring multiculturalism

Define Multicultural Education

http://voicethread.com/share/201157/

Define Multicultural Education

Define Multicultural Education

Define Multiculturalism

Cultural Self

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activityarch.html

Cultural Self

http://diversityandeducation.pbworks.com/Culture%C2%A0Walk%2C-Power-Shuffle

learning about other cultures

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

Create a digital story about a person from a different culture than you.

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

http://www.ourstory.com/select_question_set.html?chapid=32&pack=3

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

http://diversityandeducation.ning.com/video/oral-project?xg_source=activity

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

http://photopeach.com/album/5u7rl0#

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

http://www.photoshow.com/members/christan2/all

Oral Histories and Digital Stories

http://youtellyou.com/story.php?id=708

exploring other cultures

Exploring Other Cultures

Create a Glogster that focuses on the traditions of another culture. Chat with other classmates about “their cultures.”

http://diversityandeducation.pbworks.com/Cultural-Identities

Exploring Other Cultures

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Multi.html

Cultural Exploration

http://kimberlydawn.glogster.com/kmatney/

Cultural Exploration

http://ariannab.glogster.com/zulu-tribe

Cultural Exploration

http://morgenstern07.glogster.com/native-americans

Cultural Exploration

http://etherpad.com/muegFTMNF0

Cultural Exploration

http://etherpad.com/q6urfdtCYT

virtual field trips to other countries

http://diversityandeducation.pbworks.com/Virtual-Field-Trips

Virtual Field Trips

http://www.care.org/features/vftarchive.asp http://www.virtualtourism.blogspot.com/

http://www.wdl.org/en/

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/01/100-incredible-educational-virtual-tours-you-dont-want-to-miss/

Virtual Field Trips

http://letterpop.com/newsletters/?id=132280-235064

Virtual Field Trips

http://letterpop.com/newsletters/?id=132307-5c5047

Virtual Field Trips

http://worldtour2010.shutterfly.com/

exploring biases and prejudices

Exploring Biases – Online Interactive

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/slidetour/

Exploring Biases – Online Interactive

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

Create a Survey: Biases

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5PBLJR6

Exploring Biases – Create a Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=n2XCGz1tBn5ye_2bqT89exAA_3d_3d

Create a Survey: Biases

locating multicultural resources

Social Bookmarking

http://groups.diigo.com/group/DiversityEducation

Aggregate of Online Lesson Plans

http://livebinders.com/play/play?id=5011

Aggregate of Online Lesson Plans

http://livebinders.com/play/play/5159

Aggregate of Online Lesson Plans

reflecting on course readings

VoiceThread Reflections

http://voicethread.com/#q.b577162.i3081008

VoiceThread Reflections

http://voicethread.com/#q.b577162.i3081008

It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.

M. McLuhan 1955