Inclusivity in a Virtual Environment

Inclusion isn’t just an option in our teaching: it’s how we ensure that every single student leaves W&L with a profound sense of their ability to move into the world as agents of thoughtful, positive change. Inclusion is always a challenge, but especially so in a virtual environment. Below are a number of excellent resources.

Inclusive Virtual Instruction

An excellent tool from UVa, geared to both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

8 Ways to Make Your Virtual Instruction More Inclusive

Some very simple techniques, designed by Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy.

Four Ways of Thinking About Inclusion

Assembled by the Great Lakes College Association/Global Liberal Arts Alliance, this is an excellent introduction to creating more inclusive, accessible courses, both virtually and otherwise.

NMAAHC Digital Resources Guide

A digital resources guide from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

Gender Balance Assessment Tool

Here’s an easy way of finding out how balanced your course content is relative to gender.

How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive

A seminal piece by Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy.

Inclusion in the Sciences

A special issue of the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education crammed full of resources.

Inclusion by Design

This is an extraordinary tool for examining your courses to ensure great inclusion on every level.

Inclusion, Equity and Access While Teaching Remotely

A wide range of ideas from colleagues at Rice University.

"Inclusive Pedagogy and Universal Design Approaches for Diverse Learning Environments"

A free, book-length source by Catherine Shea Sanger, applicable to both virtual and face-to-face instruction.

Inclusion by Design

This is an extraordinary tool for examining your courses to ensure great inclusion on every level.

Inclusive Virtual Instruction

An excellent tool from UVa, geared to both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

Increasing inclusivity by exploring alternative theater scripts

This site explores being more deliberate in our selection of scripts and texts as we focus on being more inclusive in our teaching.

Is Pass-Fail an Equity Issue?

The title pretty much says it all.

Responding to Micro-Aggressions in Online Environments During a Pandemic

A short and powerful piece from Dr. Tasha Souza.

Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism

A crowdsourced guide to discussing racism in relation to the pandemic.

Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity

Though not geared explicitly toward virtual instruction, this article is filled with useful techniques, particularly for faculty in the sciences.

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