Online Feminist Pedagogy: A New Doorway into Our Brick-and-Mortar Classrooms?

Author(s): Bailey, C.
Date: 2017
Publication: Feminist Teacher
Citation: Bailey, C. (2017). Online Feminist Pedagogy: A New Doorway into Our Brick-and-Mortar Classrooms? Feminist Teacher 27(2–3), 253–66. https://doi.org/10.5406/femteacher.27.2-3.0253.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Promoting reflexivity. 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: In this paper, the author discusses several tenets of feminist pedagogy and how they intersect with virtual learning. She mentions many benefits and challenges to feminist teaching in this online space and provides strategies for ensuring the best possible virtual classroom environment.

 

Reflections on Forming a Virtually Feminist Pedagogy

Author(s): Bond, N.
Date: 2019
Publication: The Scholarly Teacher
Citation: Bond, N. (2019). Reflections on Forming a Virtually Feminist Pedagogy. The Scholarly Teacher. https://www.scholarlyteacher.com/post/reflections-on-forming-a-virtually-feminist-pedagogy.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Promoting reflexivity. 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 author discusses how virtual feminist pedagogy can, “promote pathways to the personal,” “shake up tradition and shift agency to students.” The author gives several strategies for completing these goals in the online classroom.

 

Feminist Cyberspaces: Pedagogies in Transition

Author(s): Collingwood, S. L. Quintana, A. E. & Smith, C. J.
Date: 2012
Publication: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Citation: Collingwood, S. L., Quintana, A. E., & Smith, C. J. (2012). Feminist Cyberspaces: Pedagogies in Transition. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. https://bookshop.org/books/feminist-cyberspaces-pedagogies-in-transition/9781443836333.
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: This book is a collection of essays that explore how new media technologies are being used in the feminist classroom. The collection has been structured to reflect the multifaceted nature of education today; learning takes place on a personal level through independent study and social media, it takes place at a local level in our classrooms and lecture halls, but it is also increasingly taking place on a global scale as new technologies foster international collaboration between individuals and organizations. In addition, there is a growing acceptance of learning in the collaborative 3-D classrooms of virtual worlds. These educational spaces are not mutually exclusive, as the contributions to this volume make clear. The anthology explores how technology is being used in antiviolence teaching, art education, HIV and AIDS education, and other specialized topics, but it also gives many examples of innovations in teaching introductory courses. The technology used ranges from the implementation of course management systems for large university classes to the use of digital storytelling in small groups outside the university. It also explores technology for removing barriers to people with disabilities in both traditional and online classrooms. The collection is not a how to book, but it does use practical experience as a basis for feminist theorizing of the classroom. All of the essays look at the use of new technology in the light of feminist pedagogy, seeking new ways to foster provocative, creative and non-hierarchical learning that transcends the physical boundaries of the university.

 

Feminist Pedagogy in a Time of Coronavirus Pandemic

Author(s): FemTechNet
Date: 2020
Publication: FEMtechnet.org
Citation: FemTechNet. (2020). Feminist Pedagogy in a Time of Coronavirus Pandemic. Retrieved November 6, 2020, from https://femtechnet.org/feminist-pedagogy-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-pandemic/.
Section on webpage: Feminist Pedagogy – Online
Tenets: Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Promoting cooperative learning. Cultivating self-care and boundaries. 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 describe what they have learned about online education while organizing as an international network. They list many observations about online learning and feminist collectivity.

 

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.

 

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.”

 

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.”