A few years ago, Jaigris Hodson, George Veletsianos, and Victoria O’Meara invited me to collaborate on a project titled: Online Harassment as a Barrier to Research Communication: An Intersectional Approach (SSHRC Insight Grant). As part of the collaboration, we worked on the design and development of an online learning course that illustrates the experiences of diverse researchers who are harassed when they communicate their research online.
The goal of the course is to educate others on the different types of online harassment experienced by diverse researchers and to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to engage in perspective taking activities related to online harassment. This training is designed specifically for administrators, to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to support your faculty. By following the guidelines in this training, we can all be better equipped to contribute to a safe, respectful, equitable, professional, and ethical workplace.
Objectives of the Course
Upon completion of the training, you will be able to:
- Name 3 reasons why online harassment may be underreported at your institution.
- Examine how adopting a system for supporting faculty during or after an experience of online harassment can improve equity within the department.
- Identify the best course of actions to take to support faculty targeted with online harassment.
- Distinguish between strategies that you can use to support your faculty vs. strategies that are likely to be unhelpful.
The course was developed by Niki Watson using Articulate Storyline. You can access the course using this link: https://facultytraining.github.io/Supporting-Faculty-Against-Online-Harassment-and-Abuse/
Contributors:
- Jaigris Hodson, PI, Subject-Matter Expert
- George Veletsianos, Co-PI, Subject-Matter Expert, Instructional Design
- Victoria O’Meara, Collaborator, Subject-Matter Expert
- Enilda Romero-Hall, Collaborator, Instructional Design
- Niki Watson, Instructional Design, Online Development
- Joan Owen, Research Assistant
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