Getting through everyday campus life well: diversity-sensitive, inclusive, prejudice- and privilege-conscious
Getting through everyday campus life well: diversity-sensitive, inclusive, prejudice- and privilege-conscious
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Getting through everyday campus life well: diversity-sensitive, inclusive, prejudice- and privilege-conscious

Getting through everyday campus life well: diversity-sensitive, inclusive, prejudice- and privilege-conscious

University of Graz

Christina Fischer-Lessiak & Lisa Scheer, Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung

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Duration 9 units
Unit 2 hours/unit
Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
Participants 258
Availability Unlimited
Start Date 1 October 2024
Costs € 0.00

Content

Course Content

Everyday life in higher education is experienced very differently by employees and students. Many can realize their potential, feel supported and appropriately challenged. Some feel that their needs are not taken seriously or even overburdened. This has to do with disadvantages and privileges, with advantages and prejudices that are as much a part of everyday higher education life as diversity.

In this MOOC, the diversity of experiences in everyday (higher education) life is made visible. The content of the lessons enables participants to engage with power relations such as sexism, racism, classism etc., both on a personal and academic level. Suggestions are offered for a more sensitive perception and for reflecting on one's own position within  existing power relations. In the nine lessons of the MOOC, possible challenges that have to do with gender, race, class, disability, religion, etc. are highlighted. Explanations of all that happens in higher education institutions are given as well as suggestions for inclusive, bias- and discrimination-free interactions and collaboration. These suggestions are also for life outside the university usable.



Course Goals

The aim of the course is to address power relations and discrimination (sexism, racism, ageism, rejectionism, classism ...) encountered in everyday study and work and to explain them using examples. The content encourages observation  and reflection, supports the development of knowledge and contains suggestions for acting more inclusive in everyday higher education.

After completing this course

  • you will have expanded your understanding of common terms and contexts,
  • you will be able to recognize power relations and discrimination by means of examples and perceive them better in everyday life,
  • you will be able to find intersections between power relations,
  •  you will have sharpened your awareness of prejudice and discrimination,
  • you will be able to recognize how and when you are in a privileged or marginalized position,
  • you will be able to act in a more diversity-sensitive manner and with greater solidarity in everyday university life.


Previous Knowledge

None

Course Procedure

The course includes nine lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Gender, sexism, sexual discrimination and violence
  • Lesson 3: Beyond heteronormativity
  • Lesson 4: Racism and Critical Whiteness
  • Lesson 5: Antimuslim racism and antisemitism
  • Lesson 6: Classism and habitus sensitivity
  • Lesson 7: Disability, mental health, and digital barrierism
  • Lesson 8: Ageism
  • Lesson 9: Conclusion

Each lesson includes at least two videos covering important aspects of each topic. You will also find additional resources and voluntary assignments in each lesson to support your learning and reflection process. Likewise, you will receive recommended reading on all topics and conclude each lesson with a multiple-choice quiz.



Certificate

For actively participating in the course you will receive an automatic certificate which includes your username, the course name as well as the completed lessons. We want to point out that this certificate merely confirms that the user answered at least 75% of the self-assessment questions correctly.
You will also receive a badge for each individual lesson completed.

NOTE:

The MOOC is open to the public and free of charge, but it is also part of the course "Diversity, inclusion, prejudice and privilege in education and everyday life" (course number ETD.01015UB) at the University of Graz. In order to take the course, you need to register for it in UNIGRAZonline.



Licence

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

We thank the experts and creators of the videos, which we did not produce ourselves but incorporated from other MOOCs.

Course Instructor

Christina Fischer-Lessiak & Lisa Scheer, Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung
Christina Fischer-Lessiak & Lisa Scheer, Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung

Christina Fischer-Lessiak works at the Coordination Centre for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities at the University of Graz with a focus on continuing education. Lisa Scheer worked at the Coordination Centre for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities at the University of Graz and was responsible, among other things, for the AntiBias Circle, which is primarily responsible for the MOOC.

Expert*innen, die zum MOOC beigetragen haben:

Dr.in Simone Adams, Zentrum für digitales Lehren und Lernen, Universität Graz

Jessica Braunegger, BA, Masterstudentin der Interdisziplinären Geschlechterstudien, Universität Graz

Christina Cortolezis, B.A., Masterstudentin der Interdisziplinären Geschlechterstudien, Universität Graz

Parmida Dianat, BA, Masterstudentin der Europäischen Ethnologie, Universität Graz

Manuel Feldbaumer, MEd BEd BA, Zentrum für digitales Lehren und Lernen, Universität Graz

Christina Fischer-Lessiak, BA. MA., Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung, Universität Graz

Mag. Gregor Fischer-Lessiak, Europäisches Trainings- und Forschungszentrum für Menschenrechte und Demokratie der Universität Graz (UNI-ETC)

Susanne Gartler, Bachelorstudentin Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Magdalena Laura Halb, Arbeitskreis für Gleichbehandlungsfrage, Universität Graz

Lukas Georg Hartleb, BA. MA., Schreibzentrum, Lehr- und Studienservices, Universität Graz

Dr.in Barbara Hey, MBA, Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung, Universität Graz

Diana Holler, BA, Masterstudentin der Global Studies, Universität Graz

Victoria Hubner, Bachelorstudentin Philosophie und Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Mag.a Johanna Kerschbaumer, Arbeitskreis für Gleichbehandlungsfrage, Universität Graz

Susanne Kink-Hampersberger, MA, Institut für Educational Governance, Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark

Špela Kisilak, BA, Masterstudentin der Interdisziplinären Geschlechterstudien, Universität Graz

Thomas Klebinder, Bachelorstudent Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Assoz. Prof.in Dr.in Ulla Kriebernegg, Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Alterns- und Care-Forschung, Universität Graz

Timna Kriechbaum, Bachelorstudentin Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerald Lamprecht, Centrum für Jüdische Studien, Universität Graz

Mag.a Ruth Lauppert-Scholz, MA MEd, Granatapfel Kulturvermittlung

Prof.in Mag.a Barbara Levc, Lehrende für Inklusion an der PH Steiermark, Zentrum Integriert Studieren Universität Graz und PH Steiermark

Mag.a Mevlida Mešanović, BEd, Institut für Katechetik und Religionspädagogik, Universität Graz

Teresa Molinaro, Bachelorstudentin Kunstgeschichte und Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Lena Riesenberger, Bachelorstudentin Anglistik/Amerikanistik und Lehramt Sekundarstufe (AB), Universität Graz

Robert Riesenhuber, BSc, Masterstudent der Global Studies, Universität Graz

Sarah Sadeghi, BA, Masterstudentin der Global Studies, Universität Graz

Gabriele Schrümpf, BA, Masterstudentin der Europäischen Ethnologie, Universität Graz

Dr. Thomas Schweitzer, NAWI Graz Koordinationsbüro, Universität Graz

Victoria Shmidt, Ph.D., Institut für Geschichte, Universität Graz

Katharina Veits, BAMasterstudentin der Interdisziplinären Geschlechterstudien, Universität Graz

Cordula Weitgruber, BA BA BA, Masterstudentin der Europäischen Ethnologie, Universität Graz

Mag.a Eva Wenig, Institut für Katechetik und Religionspädagogik, Universität Graz

Dr.in Sophie Whybrew M.A., Zentrum für Genderforschung und Diversität, Kunstuniversität Graz

Ilse Wieser, Koordinationsstelle für Geschlechterstudien und Gleichstellung, Universität Graz

Chia-Tyan Yang, Pianistin und ehrenamtliche Generalsekretärin der gemeinnützigen Organisation „Live Music Now Steiermark“

Mag.a Edith Zitz, inspire - Bildung und Beteiligung

Daniel Zivkocić, Masterstudent der Global Studies, Universität Graz

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