2.4 Discussion Activities (20 minutes each)
The following discussion activities are prepared by Open Education Instructional Designer Veronica Vold to support individual or group study with the presentation video recording. These activities are intended to encourage reflection, analysis, and application of key takeaways.
Discussion Activity 1: Applying UDL and Anti-racism to a Recent Class or Meeting
Consider the last class you taught or the last meeting you facilitated.
- In what ways did you create multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression? For example, sharing agendas in advance, inviting people to share images or media in order to communicate ideas, or asking for feedback from the people who were served by the class or meeting?
- What did you share with students or colleagues about the “why” of your design for that class or that meeting?
- What strategies did you see Andratesha use in this presentation that you want to incorporate into your own class or meeting facilitation?
Discussion Activity 2: Examining Cultures of Power and Cultures of Honor in Oregon
Andratesha challenges us to become more conscious of how to use power to honor learners. In cultures of power, those with power tend to withhold choices from community members. In cultures of honor, those with power use it to protect and honor the choices of community members. Consider how Andratesha links honor for library staff, IT staff, department staff, secretaries, and custodians to designing for honor in a learning community.
- In your own work for open education, where have you leaned on power?
- What are some ways you can design to honor?
- How does Oregon’s open education community design for a culture of honor? How could we do better?
Licenses and Attributions
“Discussion Activity 1: Applying UDL and Anti-racism to a Recent Class or Meeting” + “Discussion Activity 2: Examining Cultures of Power and Cultures of Honor in Oregon” by Veronica Vold is adapted from “Power and Empowerment: Honoring by Decision and Design” by Andratesha Fritzgerald and is licensed CC BY-NC-SA.