Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Digital Praxis: Democratic, Socially Just, and Inclusive Learning

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Instructional Technology SIG Roundtables (Table 8)

Abstract

Digital pedagogy, grounded in social justice and anchored by commitment to a democratized education system, is nascent. This work is a heuristics-based endeavor, catalyzed in the theoretical tenets of culturally relevant pedagogy, that demonstrates key elements with which a more inclusive and emancipatory digital pedagogy can be espoused. Culturally relevant pedagogy in digital praxis fosters an inclusive environment that embraces a plurality of ways of being and knowing, promotes democratic learning experiences, validates learners’ pre-existing knowledge, and fosters co-creation of knowledge across cultures. This paper ventures into under-researched areas in higher education and explores the possibilities of what can be gained from earnest commitment to asset-based pedagogy, which values all, in a digital milieu.

Authors

• Enilda J. Romero-Hall, University of Tennessee
  Presenting Author

• Maria Luna-Thomas
  Non-Presenting Author