Following the Black History month meeting and what this means for Learning Technologists (https://bit.ly/3U0JGPx), the ARLT SIG community met in November for something closer to the day-to-day job: anti-racist approaches in technology. I provide in this blog post a short summary of the session supplemented with some examples, along with a summary of the Q&A… Continue reading Notes from ARLT SIG 3rd Nov meeting – Anti-racist Approaches in Technology with Liza Layne
Category: Antiracism
Notes from ARLT SIG 20th Oct meeting – Black History Month and what it means for Learning Technologists
On 20th October, members of the Antiracism & Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (ARLT SIG) (https://bit.ly/3zqImwT) community met for the first event of the academic year 2022-23. The meeting was themed around "Black History Month" (BHM) in the UK, and most particularly: What BHM means for Learning Technologists (LTs) in the UK? How LTs can… Continue reading Notes from ARLT SIG 20th Oct meeting – Black History Month and what it means for Learning Technologists
Antiracism & Inclusion Virtual Coffee Ideas Room
Welcome to my new initiative - ideas room with a coffee in your hand! Virtual Coffee Ideas Room - image with a laptop, phone, diary, coffee and chocolate For the past few years, I have found myself restrained by institutional policies which limit a free and safe space for People of Colour to speak of… Continue reading Antiracism & Inclusion Virtual Coffee Ideas Room
My 6-month Co-chair review & looking into the future of ARLT SIG
It has now been six months since I am Co-Chair of the Antiracism & Learning Technologies SIG under ALT. It is high time that I review what I have achieved personally and also as part of the committee. This sums up, to the best of my knowledge, what the group, later SIG, has been up… Continue reading My 6-month Co-chair review & looking into the future of ARLT SIG
Celebrating World Creativity & Innovation with #creativeHE
What I have been up to since I started the first draft of my first poem? Well, 'I Noticed' evolved into something more like Eye Noticed. Recently, I have been trying to find some creative ways of tackling racism within UK HE and Eye Noticed was inspired from personal experience as a victim of continuous… Continue reading Celebrating World Creativity & Innovation with #creativeHE
Protected: Taking an action-oriented approach to recruitment – Steps 1 & 2 ONLY – ARLT SIG presentation 9th March 2022
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A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – ft. Matt Lingard
Are you an active antiracist looking to make a difference in the recruitment process in your team and department? This blog features: An interview with Matt Lingard, highlighting the small steps he undertook to positively tackle racism in the recruitment processConsiderations if you wish to implement such an approachHow to further effectively eliminate discrimination in… Continue reading A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – ft. Matt Lingard
Race equality in learning technology – digital poverty
This post is inspired by a reflection on what taking action on race equality within learning technology means, triggered by the Race Equality Week running from 7-13 Feb 2022. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many educators came across the term digital poverty for the first time. Digital poverty is a fairly complex term to understand, as… Continue reading Race equality in learning technology – digital poverty
Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Racist practices to eliminate racism - the new elephant in the room When slavery was abolished in the ex-British colonies in the 19th century, it was a relief and a ray of hope for the countless slaves whose families had lost their lives while making a run for freedom or standing up to demand a… Continue reading Modern slavery in UK HEIs
Protected: Being Co-Chair of the first Anti-Racism & Learning Technology Special Interest Group
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Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Your job advert shouts DISCRIMINATION This podcast was recorded on 22nd Dec 2021, at the time of the recording, all the job adverts discussed in this podcast were live, with closing dates set in the future. All job adverts were picked from jobs.ac.uk. Podcast available at: https://anchor.fm/talkinghe/episodes/TalkingHE---Episode-14---Dr-Teeroumanee-Nadan---Discrimination-in-Recruitment-e1clspi/a-a773mv3 Post edit: Not all examples were covered in… Continue reading Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
During my recent ALT Winter 2021 presentation on "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology", I had created a Padlet space for some interactive exercises and reflections around the understanding of the recruitment and development and anti-racism. While preparing the slides, I have… Continue reading Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not
Presentation entitled "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology" The presentation is planned to be delivered in two parts: (1) the importance of intersectionality to be presented by Dr Monica Chavez and (2) the recruitment part for me. From the conference abstract submitted,… Continue reading Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not
Safe spaces to talk about racism – observations from my ALT Sep 2021 conference presentation
This post is written based on my observations during my presentation entitled "When learning technologists tackle sectorial racism via recruitment and staff development". The presentation itself was centred around the Action Learning Sets (ALS), organised by the Recruitment & Staff Development (RSD) subgroup of the Antiracism & Learning Technology group (A&R LT). The focus was on… Continue reading Safe spaces to talk about racism – observations from my ALT Sep 2021 conference presentation
Protected: Being part of an antiracism group for learning technologists
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Reshaping HE - International, Inclusive & Digital Ed 