Principal Investigator: Rishma Chooniedass, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Health and Social Development
Project description
The Foundations for Inclusive and Respectful Engagement (FIRE) project was developed to provide low-barrier and fundamental-level equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) e-learning modules that can be implemented in undergraduate courses across disciplines. Pilot testing found the modules to be applicable and relevant to students. Adaptation and small-scale delivery of the modules have since occurred at UBC Okanagan. The proposed SoTL project aims to evaluate student and faculty engagement and experience of the FIRE modules within undergraduate courses. The findings will help determine the next steps for the adaptation and promotion of the FIRE modules while working towards inclusive excellence across campus
implementation.
Research questions
- Instructors:
- 1) What are UBC Okanagan instructors’ attitudes towards adapting and delivering the FIRE modules in undergraduate classrooms?
- 2) Did you modify any content for your course? If so, how?
- Students:
- 1) Among students who receive the FIRE modules, how many students completed the modules in their entirety?
- 2) What are undergraduate students’ acceptability and attitudes towards receiving the FIRE modules in their coursework?
- 3) Did the module give you foundational knowledge on the topic? If not, what needs to be added?