Epistemologies of Doing: Engaging Online Learning through Feminist Pedagogy
| Author(s): | Gajjala, R. Behrmann, E. M. Birzescu, A. Corbett, A. & Bondor, K. F. |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication: | University of Chicago Press |
| Citation: | Gajjala, R., Behrmann, E. M., Birzescu, A., Corbett, A., & Bondor, K. F. (2017). Epistemologies of Doing: Engaging Online Learning through Feminist Pedagogy. In E. Losh (Ed.), MOOCs and Their Afterlives. University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226469591.003.0010. |
| Section on webpage: | Feminist Pedagogy – Online |
| Tenets: | Promoting cooperative learning. 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: | The authors in this article describe unique methods for teaching feminist pedagogies using social media and creating safe spaces for students on these platforms. The authors provide tools for building an environment of mutual respect and support and integrating cooperative learning to build these spaces. |
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. |
Technology Policy, Gender, and Cyberspace
Access as Pedagogy: A Case for Embracing Feminist Pedagogy in Open and Distance Learning
| Author(s): | Koseoglu, S. |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Publication: | Asian Journal Distance Education |
| Citation: | Koseoglu, S. (2020). Access as Pedagogy: A Case for Embracing Feminist Pedagogy in Open and Distance Learning. Asian Journal Distance Education, 15(1), 277–90. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3893260. |
| Section on webpage: | Feminist Pedagogy – Online |
| Tenets: | Promoting reflexivity. Promoting cooperative learning. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Examining the “why” in addition to the “what”. 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 article, the author argues for a greater embracing of feminist pedagogy in distance education. She states that she views “feminist pedagogy as an ethical position as well as a pedagogical position that calls attentive ways of looking into structuring educational services, methods, policies, and legislations that create an inclusive learning space not just for women, but for all students who are disadvantaged in their education. Within this context, student participation can be framed as a means for transformation, contributing to one’s well-being, agency and sense of power.” |
Integrating Feminist Pedagogy with Online Teaching: Facilitating Critiques of Patriarchal Visual Culture
| Author(s): | Lai, A. and Lu, L. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication: | Visual Culture & Gender |
| Citation: | Lai, A., and Lu, L. (2009). Integrating Feminist Pedagogy with Online Teaching: Facilitating Critiques of Patriarchal Visual Culture. Visual Culture & Gender 4, 58–68. https://vcg.emitto.net/index.php/vcg/article/view/43/42. |
| Section on webpage: | Feminist Pedagogy – Online |
| Tenets: | Promoting reflexivity. 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. Humanizing online teaching/learning. Using technology intentionally to build communities and enhance learning. |
| Annotation: | In this article, the authors explore the intersectionality of asynchronous online discussion, feminist visual culture pedagogy, and online pedagogy. Specifically, the Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) as example of a quality online feminist pedagogy. As the authors discuss, IAM, “recognizes five cognitive activities involved in construction of knowledge through online discussions: (a) sharing and comparing of ideas, (b) cognitive dissonance, (c) co-constructing knowledge, (d) assessing proposed constructions, and (e) applying newly constructed knowledge.” They also bring up several problems in this model and how to overcome them such as, ” the lack of women’s voices, dearth of resources to understand women’s creativity, gender stereotypes in classical mythology, gender inequality in the art world, and learning about women’s lives through their creative works rather than the written records promoting male dominance.” |
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.” |
A Feminist Pedagogy through Online Education
| Author(s): | Ai, C.Y. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication: | Asian Journal of Women’s Studies |
| Citation: | Ai, C. Y. (2016). “A Feminist Pedagogy Through Online Education.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 22(4), 372–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2016.1242939. |
| Section on webpage: | Feminist Pedagogy – Online |
| Tenets: | Promoting cooperative learning. Presenting knowledge as constructed. 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: | This paper explores “the current practice of online education from a gender perspective,” and, “how it can serve both as an opportunity and a limitation for women, particularly in Asia.” The author also looks into an example of gender education in a Korean online university, and uses this to offer suggestions to, “substantively and systematically supplement and activate online gender education not only in Korea but elsewhere in Asia as well.” |
Blending In: Reconciling Feminist Pedagogy and Distance Education Across Cultures