EDTC 519 - Cultural Diversity in the Digital Classroom

In any learning environment, teachers are typically responsible for 20-plus students representing potentially 20-plus different cultures, perspectives, and learning needs. In the best of circumstances, it’s challenging to include and celebrate all these cultures in your curriculum, but with the added difficulties of remote learning, the task can feel nearly impossible. However, with the right strategies and resources, you can help all your students feel represented, without overloading your already-demanding lesson prep.

In this course, you will learn how to infuse cultural diversity into the digital classroom in a way that meshes authentically with your academic content instead of operating in a vacuum. You’ll examine the importance of diversity to a classroom culture and how to honor differences among learners through student-centered instruction, differentiated learning, and student-choice initiatives. In addition, you’ll get strategies for continuously improving culturally responsive teaching strategies to help draw out students’ strengths and unique points of view.

By the end of this course, you’ll have practical, meaningful strategies and ideas to become more culturally responsive in a digital learning environment and help your students feel more included and motivated even when they’re physically far apart.