{"id":5066,"date":"2011-02-23t07:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-23t13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=5066"},"modified":"2011-02-25t09:54:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25t15:54:43","slug":"leveraging-diversity-in-the-classroom-some-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/02\/leveraging-diversity-in-the-classroom-some-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"leveraging diversity in the classroom \u2013 some resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
by derek bruff, cft assistant director<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a>last night i facilitated a teaching workshop titled “leveraging diversity: the wisdom of crowds in university teaching.” the workshop was co-sponsored by the center for the integration of research, teaching, & learning (cirtl), a six campus network sponsored by the national science foundation focused on preparing future faculty in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. one of the three “pillars” of cirtl’s work is learning-through-diversity, the idea that not only should diversity be respected in the college classroom but also that it can enhance the learning experience for students. yesterday’s workshop was my effort to explore ways to implement this idea in university teaching, drawing on some sources that aren’t in the traditional diversity literature–research and writing on the idea of crowdsourcing<\/a>.<\/p>\n