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Last Reviewed:
March 14, 2025
First Published:
August 31, 2022
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Inclusive learning has become an umbrella term to describe practices that support learners from a variety of backgrounds. Inclusive learning boosts educational achievement by providing learners and educators with tools to co-create learning experiences, to heighten cultural sensitivity, and to personalize the learning experience. Inclusivity can be achieved through attention to creating an inclusive climate and through using inclusive pedagogical strategies. Some of these strategies include incorporating learner-centered activities, using diverse images and texts, and ensuring your course materials are accessible.
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Use the comments section below to let us know how you think about creating an inclusive course climate.
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Setting a positive tone from the start
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Fostering open discourse and communication
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Choosing inclusive content and a variety of teaching methods and assignment options
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Organizing your course to support students.
- Get to know your learners by using icebreakers, anonymous surveys, games, and collaborative activities
- Use tools to help create an inclusive climate, such as Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker (to evaluate your documents for accessibility), NameCoach (to learn the correct pronunciation of your learners’ names), and the OER Commons (to reduce costs by using Open Educational Resources).
- Classroom Climate: Creating a supportive Classroom Environment. The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University.
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Addy, T. M., Dube, D., Mitchell, K. A., & SoRelle, M. (2021). What inclusive instructors do: Principles and practices for excellence in college teaching. Stylus Publishing, LLC.
- Inclusive Learning in Action. Teaching and Learning Center. UT Health Science Center.
- Adopting a Growth Mindset. Dr. Vrushali Abhyankar, College of Dentistry. Five Minute University. Teaching and Learning Center. UT Health Science Center.
- Representation Matters. Dr. Nikki Dyer. College of Dentistry. Five Minute University. Teaching and Learning Center. UT Health Science Center.
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