IS6 - Deepening In-Class Discussions

Building Class Communities

In this interactive session, we will experiment with applied improvisation activities to cultivate community and belonging in our classrooms. Applied improv offers a powerful toolbox to foster listening, co-creativity, playful curiosity, and acceptance of mistakes. We will engage in some of these improv games together, and discuss how we can adapt them to our unique class contexts. Expect to play, laugh, discuss in small groups, and build with each other’s ideas.

Presenter: Carolyn Sealfon

Designing a Faculty Learning Community to Foster Equitable and Inclusive Classroom Discussions

In this session, we describe the design and implementation of a faculty learning community in Fall 2023 focused on promoting equitable, inclusive discussions in university classrooms. We share our approach and lessons learned. Session attendees will draw on the lessons learned (including a set of guiding questions) to brainstorm how they could plan a learning community to meet a pedagogical need in their local context.

Presenters: Jennie Ferris and Mithura Sanmugalingam