Distance Education: A Perspective from Women’s Studies

Author(s): Patterson, N.
Date: 2009
Publication: Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory & Culture
Citation: Patterson, N. (2009). Distance Education: A Perspective from Women’s Studies. Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory & Culture 9 (1), 1-16. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/intwojde/issue/8684/108449.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Humanizing online teaching/learning. Creating cultures of care in online classrooms. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
Annotation: The author of this paper discusses a key problem of combining online distance learning and feminist pedagogy: “that distance education continually downplays the importance of a gender analysis despite the fact that women make up the majority of distance ed users.” This paper also discusses how distance learning techniques can be applied to in-class learning and how feminist teachers are increasingly using their experiences working in distance education to bridge the “gap between feminist pedagogy and distance education.”

 

Encouraging Feminist Discussion in Asynchronous Online Teaching

Author(s): Pownall, M.
Date: 2021
Publication: Psychology of Women Quarterly
Citation: Pownall, M. (2021). Encouraging Feminist Discussion in Asynchronous Online Teaching. Psychology of Women Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843211027479.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Examining (dis)embodiment in virtual teaching/learning. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
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Combining Feminist Pedagogy and Transactional Distance to Create Gender-Sensitive Technology-Enhanced Learning

Author(s): Herman, C. & Kirkup, G.
Date: 2017
Publication: Gender and Education
Citation: Herman, C., & Kirkup, G. (2017). Combining Feminist Pedagogy and Transactional Distance to Create Gender-Sensitive Technology-Enhanced Learning. Gender and Education 29(6), 781–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2016.1187263.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Promoting reflexivity. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Promoting cooperative learning. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Considering alternative histories and narratives. Cultivating self-care and boundaries. Humanizing online teaching/learning. Creating cultures of care in online classrooms. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
Annotation: In this paper, the authors, “argue for a new synthesis of two pedagogic theories: feminist pedagogy and transactional distance, which explain why and how distance education has been such a positive system for women in a national distance learning university.” Using, “examples of positive action initiatives for women,” the authors demonstrate how, “feminist distance learning… has offered successful technology-enhanced learning and educational opportunities.”

 

Women’s Studies on Television? It’s Time for Distance Learning

Author(s): Hopkins, A. H.
Date: 1996
Publication: NWSA Journal
Citation: Hopkins, A. H. (1996). Women’s Studies on Television? It’s Time for Distance Learning. NWSA Journal 8(2), 91-106. Retrieved October 12, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316442.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Promoting cooperative learning. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Considering alternative histories and narratives. Humanizing online teaching/learning. Creating cultures of care in online classrooms. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning.
Annotation: This article discusses one professor’s job teaching the only live-cable introductory women’s studies survey course in her region. At the time of this article, this was one of only four women’s studies courses being taught in the United States. The author discusses both the obstacles she faced and the strategies she used to overcome them.

 

Disability Pedagogy & Accessibility

Author(s): Hogan, E. Fair, E. Casson, B.
Date: n.d.
Publication: University of Denver Office of Teaching & Learning: Inclusive Teaching Practices
Citation: Hogan, E., Fair, E., & Casson, B. (n.d.). Disability Pedagogy & Accessibility. University of Denver Office of Teaching & Learning: Inclusive Teaching Practices. https://operations.du.edu/inclusive-teaching/disability-pedagogy-accessibility
Section on webpage: Disability Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: This web page is from the University of Denver’s Office of Teaching & Learning, and is under the broader heading of “Inclusive Teaching Practices,” which emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of any liberatory pedagogy. The page provides definitions for common disability language and discusses accessibility for students with disabilities that may not be physically apparent. It offers specific strategies and methods for educators to undertake in the classroom, including assistive technologies and course design techniques, and a perspective on the importance of disability pedagogy.

 

Scavenger Hunts & Photo essays: Helping students see inequality in the world around them through Project-Based Learning

Author(s): Cabaniss, E. & Parrotta, K.
Date: 4/13/2022
Publication: DigitalCommons@CalPoly
Citation: Cabaniss, E., & Parrotta, K. (2022, April 13). Scavenger Hunts & Photo essays: Helping students see inequality in the world around them through Project-Based Learning. DigitalCommons@CalPoly. Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpedagogy/vol2/iss2/2/
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Promoting reflexivity. Concern with materiality (bodies, labor, not just virtual and discursive). Treating students as agentic co-educators. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Promoting cooperative learning. Presenting knowledge as constructed. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches. Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining the “why” in addition to the “what”.
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