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Here's the part where we (I as the writer, you as the reader) try to integrate belonging and emancipatory pedagogies, like ungrading. Which I *think* is a bigger lift than I first thought it was. So, in the end, this is a two parter: this part talks about what emancipatory pedagogies are and the second … Continue reading Belonging Part 4.0: Belonging and Emancipatory Pedagogies (Part 1)
I just realized that I never got to a couple of questions I said I'd answer in Part 2 of this series - How do we experience digital belonging vs. F2F (Face-to-face) or IRL (in real life) belonging? And how do we prioritize one over the other? And considering the Brené Brown podcast I heard … Continue reading Belonging Part 3.5: Online vs. F2F (IRL) Belonging
By Christy Albright and Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh This part is where we integrate belonging, not belonging, and belonging uncertainty with grief. We’re going to look at grief through very specific lenses - hope, efficacy, resiliency, and optimism - according to positive psychology, and specifically, psychological capital. First - A Quick Etymology Lesson Grief is a response … Continue reading Belonging Part 3: Belonging, Not Belonging, and Grief
This part is about how we discuss and adopt belonging practices differently in the world we now live in with all of its varied inputs, communities, and decisions to be made. Learning in a time of abundance (the book) You know that feeling when all of your neurons seem to be firing at once? That's … Continue reading Belonging Part 2: Belonging and Information Abundance
This part of the blog series discusses cognitive biases - one of my favorite topics to discuss. And the topic of my favorite infographic on the web, which is here. A preview (this is the .png not the infographic) is here: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg What are cognitive biases? Ok, before I endlessly wax rhapsodic about *how much* … Continue reading Belonging Part 1.5: Cognitive Biases (The hidden threats to belonging)
Here's part 1 of the series on belonging, which includes trying to define belonging and why it matters so much to us as humans. I didn't actually get to cognitive biases, but hey - what's another blog in the already 6-part series?!? Belonging – What at least some of the research says What we know: … Continue reading Belonging Part 1: What is it and Why should we care?
And here's where my current position (which requires research on belonging and possibly design of belonging initiatives) meets my research (hello ungrading, emancipatory pedagogies, ethics of care in design, etc.). I'm starting a series to communicate a little more broadly what I've learned about belonging for the last six months. And to "think out loud" … Continue reading Belonging (A Series)
You know how sometimes an old friend writes you out of the blue and says something to the effect of "Hi! How have the last x years of your life been?" This is my answer for what's been happening for the last two years (since I last updated this blog). Let's start with the massive … Continue reading Update 2.20.24 (or 20.2.24 for outside U.S. 😉
I posted ten questions I've been considering throughout #MYFest22 on a Twitter thread recently: https://twitter.com/RissaChem/status/1539929596459569152?s=20&t=4MFfoC3jgHEmnPUQV5O7MA The complete list of questions is: How do we upend the norms of education such that we can embrace a communal vision that foregrounds intentionally equitable hospitality in open & emancipatory ways?What barriers (real & imagined) stand in our ways … Continue reading #MYFest22: On Questions and Ungrading Equity
I'm super excited to be involved in something called #MYFest22 (Mid-year festival) this June, July and August. It is a choose-your-own-adventure festival of virtual professional development that is trying to build an emergent, creative, caring community that embodies the ethos of intentionally equitable hospitality. The #MYFest22 organizers (full disclosure: I am one) are folks I … Continue reading #MYFest22: An Introduction
