This document outlines the agenda and speakers for a webinar on decolonizing courses. The webinar will feature presentations from three speakers - Justine Blau, an English lecturer; Heather Blicher, a library coordinator; and Joe Brenkert, a mathematics faculty member. They will discuss their experiences with and approaches to decolonizing courses. The webinar aims to expand awareness of open educational resources and support more equitable education. It provides information on upcoming related events and resources for open education.

1. Sept 16, 2020, 12:00 pm PST
Welcome
Unless otherwise indicated, this
presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

2. Agenda
• Introductions
• What do we mean by Decolonize?
• Justine Blau - Lehman College
• Heather Blicher - Reynolds Community College
• Joe Brenkert - Front Range Community College
• Q & A
• Upcoming events
Image on previous slide:
“Decolonizing the Course” by Liz Yata, is licensed CC BY 4.0
A derivative of this image

3. Speakers
Justine Blau
English Lecturer
Lehman College – City
University of New York
(CUNY)
Heather Blicher
Coordinator of Library
Services
Reynolds Community
College
Joe Brenkert
Mathematics Faculty
Front Range Community
College
Moderator:
Suzanne Wakim, Coordinator of Open Educational Resources, Student Learning Outcomes,
and Distance Education at Butte College District

4. ● Expand awareness & access to high-
quality OER
● Support faculty choice & development
● Foster regional OER leadership
● Improve student success
CCCOER Mission

5. Membership 2020
http://cccoer.org/Member
16 System-wide Memberships
New
Members
Angelina
College,
Texas

6. What do we mean by Decolonize?
• Colonialism is based on assumptions of cultural hierarchy
• Colonialism is a foundation of our current culture
• As education evolved, many of the assumptions of
colonialism remained hidden in the curriculum.
• Decolonizing is an active and ongoing process of:
• Identifying and unlearning assumptions
• Seeking and hearing marginalized voices
• Dismantling systems of oppression

7. Justine Blau
English Lecturer
Lehman College – City
University of New York
(CUNY)

8. The stories of resilience
and creativity reflect
how American culture is
enriched by their
presence.
My Slipper Floated Away: New American
Memoirs
Licensed CC-BY-NC-ND
https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/my-slipper-
floated-away

9. Ta-Nehisi Coates attracts
my students’ attention when
he deftly weaves ghetto
phrasing into his poetic,
scholarly prose.

10. Pocket/travel prayer mat in zippered case

11. The stories of resilience
and creativity reflect
how American culture is
enriched by their
presence.
My Slipper Floated Away: New American
Memoirs
Licensed CC-BY-NC-ND
https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/my-slipper-
floated-away

12. Heather Blicher
Coordinator of Library Services
Reynolds Community College
hblicher@reynolds.edu

13. “...open education is an
opportunity for librarians
and libraries to lead
institutional change by
connecting people and
resources in the most
effective ways possible.”
Retrieved from Jensen, K., & West, Q. (April 2015). Open
educational resources and the higher education environment: A
leadership opportunity for libraries. College & Research Library
News, Volume 76 (pp 215-218). http://crln.acrl.org/
Opportunity

15. But equity isn’t just about money.

16. Retrieved from OER, Equity, and Implicit Creative
Redlining, by Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
Equity
“Equity is grounded in the
principle of fairness. In
higher education, equity
refers to ensuring that each
student receives what they
need to be successful
through the intentional
design of the college
experience.”

17. Challenges
● Lack of culturally relevant OER
content
● Unintentionally biased content
● Need for diverse content creators
● Faculty awareness
Adapted from Francesca Carpenter. , CCCOER
Webinar titled, How OER can Support Student
Equity and Diversity, Licensed CC-BY

18. www.shutterstock.com
Avoid Stereotypes

19. Google Images
Activity from Daphne Sicre, Ph.D. , CCCOER
Webinar titled, How OER can Support Student
Equity and Diversity, Licensed CC-BY
● Type “hug” or “hugging”
● See what image results you get

21. Open Access Images
Activity from Daphne Sicre, Ph.D. , CCCOER
Webinar titled, How OER can Support Student
Equity and Diversity, Licensed CC-BY
● https://pixabay.com/ or other
● Type “hug” or “hugging”
● See what image results you get

23. Blogpost from Heather Blicher, Equity and Openness: Perspectives from North American Colleges and
Universities, Updated:Looking for Images that Reflect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Ask the
Community, Licensed CC-BY 4.0

24. https://genderphotos.vice.com/

25. Disabled And Here is a
photo and interview series
celebrating disabled Black,
Indigenous, people of color
(BIPOC).
https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/

26. https://canweallgo.com/plus-size-stock-photos/
AllGo Plus-Size

27. ● Images of Empowerment: Free images of women’s lives and work, created by the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Getty Images; License: CC-BY-NC-4.0
● Allgo Plus-Size: Free stock photography collections featuring plus-size people; License: While attribution is not
required, please credit
● Disabled And Here: Free stock photography featuring disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), varied body
sizes/types, sexual orientations, and gender identities in the Pacific Northwest; License CC BY 4.0
● The Gender Spectrum Collection: Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
● Nappy: Free high-resolution photos of black and brown people, licensed Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
● PICNOI: Free photos of people of color; no attribution required, but can give credit by linking to site
● #WOCinTech Chat: Free photos of women and non-binary people of color working in the Tech field; licensed CC BY
#WOCinTech Chat or wocintechchat.com
● Redefining Women Icon Collection: Icons of women; License: Creative Commons Public Domain CC0 1.0
DEI-Focused Image Repositories

28. Joe Brenkert
Mathematics Faculty
Front Range Community
College

29. Starting off on the right foot . . .

30. Flexible structure throughout
• Scheduling of assignments
• Type of assessment
• Method of evaluation

31. Classroom and student layout
• Where are which students?
• Where are you?
• What does this convey from
their perspective?

32. Student contributions
● Opportunity
● Structure
● Feedback

33. Center for Urban Education:
cue.usc.edu

34. Questions?

35. Fall Webinars
Sept 16 Decolonizing the Course
Oct 14 Culture Shift to Academic Freedom
Nov 4 Navigating the Virtual Open
Education Conferences
Dec 9 Tracking Key Program Indicators
(KPIs) for OER Programs
Find out more and register at bit.ly/CCCOERfall2020

36. https://conference.oeglobal.org/2020/
M, W, F: Keynotes,panels,
presentations, workshops
Tu, Th: Social interaction
live & asynchronous
3 Timezones daily with
some overlap
Online Co-Hosts - Taipei, Delft, Toronto

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Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay

38. Questions?
Contact Info:
@unatdaly -- unatdaly@oeglobal.org
@CCCOER Liz Yata -- lizyata@oeglobal.org
Lisa Young -- lisa.young@scottsdalecc.edu
@suetash Sue Tashjian -- stashjian@necc.mass.edu
Thank you!