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Overview
Overview
Gender stereotypes and under-representation of women in STEM affect the way girls and young women perceive themselves, and it is one of the reasons for their limited presence in the STEM field. FOSTWOM devised a toolkit to develop MOOCs according to a gender conscious perspective with a particular focus on: content and storytelling to be used, gender-aware language, gender-aware use of images and visual materials. The aim is to offer a practical tool to all people willing to create educational content in a gender-conscious perspective. The toolkit is explained through a MOOC featuring the voices from teachers, instructional designers, visual designers, students.
Brief Description
Brief Description
The practice is described in the MOOC as follows:
Week 1 presents the voices from the field of people working toward a more inclusive STEM environment.
Week 2 illustrates the toolkit and the checklist created by FOSTWOM Erasmus+ Project, with a special focus on hints and examples coming from STEM MOOCs field and the approach used in developing it.
Week 3 is about the reusability of the checklist and its limits, giving a more broaden perspective toward universal design for learning.
The design and implementation of the course was a participatory process including relevant stakeholders.
This practice is informed by MOOCs from teachers: Fostering women's participation to STEM through MOOCs https://www.pok.polimi.it/course/view.php?id=104
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