Distance Education: A Manifesto for Women’s Studies

Author(s): Briggs, L. & McBride, K. B.
Date: 2005
Publication: Rutgers University Press
Citation: Briggs, L. & McBride, K. B. (2005). Distance Education: A Manifesto for Women’s Studies. In E. L. Kennedy & A. Beins (Eds.), Women’s Studies for the Future: Foundations, Interrogations, Politics (pp. 314–25). Rutgers University Press. https://tulane.box.com/s/r9hp1xbbxren7sh1tkndwyxdp06hc8t4.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Considering alternative histories and narratives. Humanizing online teaching/learning. Creating cultures of care in online classrooms. Examining (dis)embodiment in virtual teaching/learning. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
Annotation: In this chapter, the authors give strategies for making distance education more, “women friendly,” through the analysis of several models and examples of feminist pedagogies in the online classroom.