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ITaLI seminar: Exploring the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse higher education students during COVID-19

Event Details
The University of Queensland, Australia
20 June 2022

About the seminar

The University of Queensland’s Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation is excited to announce that Dr Sally Baker (UNSW) will deliver this seminar, Exploring the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse higher education students during COVID-19.

COVID-19 created many challenges for universities and continues to do so. It has magnified existing barriers for educational participation and revealed some unanticipated positive consequences for enhanced flexibility and more engaged learning.

Based on a national study of the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and refugee (CALDMR) students and educators in Australian higher education, this seminar will explore the opportunities and challenges of online teaching and learning with equity student cohorts from the analysis of data gathered with CALDMR students and university educators (including student-facing support staff and educational designers).

About Dr Sally Baker

Dr Sally Baker is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education. Sally’s teaching and research interests centre on language, literacies, transition and equity in higher education, particularly with regard to culturally and linguistically diverse students, and refugee students in particular. Sally is the Chair of the national Refugee Education Special Interest Group for/with students from refugee backgrounds, supported by the Refugee Council of Australia.

For more information about this seminar please visit the website.

Posted 26 May 2022