HOME PAGE - 
 www.stephenbrookfield.com
 •My home page is open access so if you want to find out 
 more about any of the exercises or activities I mention 
 go to the page and click on the ‘Resources’ link.
 •Scroll down to ‘Workshop Materials’ for PDF files or 
 power points of stuffed with activities & exercises.
 •You do not need to ask my permission to use any of 
 these resources. If they’re useful then please try them 
 out and adapt them to your context.
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   www.stephenbrookfield.com
 Introducing Myself
 •History of academic mediocrity – failed my college track 
 exams, my university entrance exams, graduated well in the 
 bottom half of my class,  failed my master’s degree exam – 
 Broadening student-centered assessment measures
 •Watching my doctoral supervisor – giving me ‘bad’ 
 inconvenient news in a way that I knew was in my own best 
 interests
        Ethical use of teacher power
      Relational underpinnings to teaching
 A Tool to Combine w/ Discussion Boards – Todays 
 Meet
 •Please go to: 
 www.todaysmeet.com/wtcc
 •Sign in by creating a nickname for yourself 
 USING ONLY NUMBERS! (birthday, favorite 
 year, random numbers etc.)
 •Please post a greeting so we know the 
 system is working
 Combining Todays Meet with(DB’s) - 
 Asynchronously
 •Students ANONYMOUSLY post reactions, questions, criticisms, 
 confusions regarding each module’s content, assignments etc. You 
 check this feed once a day &, if need be, post responses to everyone 
 via TodaysMeet, REMIND or the DB
 •Anonymity means issues of race, racism, microaggressions are raised. 
 •Anonymity means students can ask ‘dumb’ questions about the 
 course, clarify assignment instructions or query grading policies with 
 no fear of embarrassment & without risk.
 •You ask a question once a week for course evaluation – eg. what’s the 
 most engaging / boring / helpful / puzzling activity or content?
 •You then summarize responses & disclose any changes you’re making
 Combining Todays Meet with(DB’s) - 
 Synchronously
 • As you use Adobe Connect (Zoom) a Todays Meet feed is open. Unlike 
 the ‘chat’ function on Adobe this is ANONYMOUS.  Students can say 
 anything they wish, or ask ‘dumb’ questions with no risk or fear of 
 embarrassment. This is CRUCIAL if students don’t understand content 
 or something bothers them, feels racist.
 • You can open a session by posing a content question to which all 
 students respond. This provides an accurate sense of the perspectives 
 & levels of understanding students bring to the topic of the day.
 • You can pose a process question if you think problems are emerging – 
 What am I doing that most bothers you? What’s most confusing about 
 the assignment or my instructions? How am I addressing race or 
 diversity? What change in the class would be helpful to you?