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Attending the 2021 Learning Teaching Forum? Here’s a DSJ Sessions Guide
By Youssef Farhat
The 2021 Learning Teaching Forum — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, January 8 — will focus on the most important lessons that educators at the University of Dayton have learned about teaching and learning since the spring 2020 semester. The Forum will kick off with an opening session featuring Deborah J. Bickford, Eric F. Spina, Paul H. Benson, and a keynote address by Dr. Larry Burnley.
In this blog, we highlight all the sessions tackling equity, inclusion, diversity and social justice topics:
Educating the Educators: Leaning into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Age of Zoom
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Tiffany Taylor Smith and Leslie H. Picca
Adaptation and Change: Answering the Challenge Brought by COVID-19 with New and Adapted Student Programs in Social Justice
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Mary Niebler, Meaghan Crowley, and Samantha Kennedy
Incorporating Dialogue into One's Courses
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Jason E. Combs
Supporting global learning through Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL)
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Sangita Gosalia, Margaret Pinnell, Sharon Bommer, Philip Appiah-Kubi, and Scott Segalewitz
Global Learning Academy: A New Model
12:00-12:45 p.m.
Kelly Trail, Zoe Krzywda, Erin Gahimer, Tom Morgan, and Sam Ortiz
Responsive and Adaptive: The Common Academic Program (CAP) in a Time of Distress
12:00-12:45 p.m.
Christopher Brough, Youssef Farhat, Elizabeth Mackay, and Cassandra Secrease
Social Justice Advocacy Amidst Institutional Precarity: A Case Study of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts during COVID-19
12:00-12:45 p.m.
Lisa Borello, and Shane Borah
Let's Make Diversity an Institutional Learning Goal: Insights from the Diversity ILG Working Group
1:00-1:45 p.m.
Castel Sweet, Thomas Morgan, and Youssef Farhat
Pilot Assessment Plan: Intercultural and Global Learning
1:00- 1:45 p.m.
Amy Anderson, Sangita Gosalia, Zoe Krzywda, Kelly Trail, and Kelly Bohrer
Over the past few years, the Learning Teaching Forum has become an annual opportunity for University of Dayton educators to explore deeper at how different parts of the University collaborate, cross boundaries, and contribute to students’ holistic success and development.
Youssef Farhat, CAP Diversity and Social Justice (DSJ) Coordinator, and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science.
Photo Credit: Teo Georgiev for Fine Acts
What is CAP?
The Common Academic Program is a distinctive learning experience that is shared in common among all undergraduate students, regardless of their major.