Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Short Course

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Short Course. July 25 – August 14 Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine how […]

Accessible Digital Media: Short Course

Accessible Digital Media short course. July 25 – August 14 Captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others. This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards that help ensure equitable […]

Empathy by Design: Short Course

Empathy by Design: Short Course July 25 – August 14 Description  This course is intended for Minnesota State faculty who are either teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course and are interested applying evidence-based strategies for humanizing the learning experience through effective facilitation and course design. The course is online and asynchronous. Although there are no scheduled […]

Frank King, Jr., joins MSUM as associate provost of diversity and inclusion

Dr. Frank King, Jr., has joined MSUM as its first Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion This new role will help the university advance its strategic priority of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. King will lead and facilitate diversity initiatives in academic affairs programs, including faculty training and development, faculty recruitment and retention, and curricular initiatives, along with encouraging internationalization across the […]