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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

Mabel CPO Okojie , Mississippi State University Tinukwa Boulder , University of Pittsburgh Zoey Zhao , University of Pittsburgh Keywords: Digital Divide, Digital Equity, Educational Technology Key Statement : We discuss the complexity of the digital divide and the possibilities of achieving digital equity.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But as an educator myself, I knew that attending the meetings was essential so that educators would not dare to mistreat my son. Ford As the school year begins in 115,171 schools nationally, I feel compelled to write about increasing home-school partnerships whose foundation is family engagement. Imagine that. In 2022, the U.S.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements.

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas.

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Languages beyond University: A course offering community engagement in local schools for academic credit

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Furthermore, we hope they will gain a near-peer role model with our student, who is currently in higher education. As an institution, such community engagement activities help address addressing the complex issues surrounding widening participation. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. Half-time: How has it been going so far?

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Delivering: Designing a website, Learn page and final presentation to communicate findings from the consultations, brainstorming sessions and prototypes for the course. This was under the University’s Employ.ed program , which saw us developing a course prototype delivered in the form of a website , a Learn page, and a final presentation.