Unveiling Hidden Curriculum: Bridging Gaps and Enhancing Learning
Seattle Convention Center - 613
The culture and norms of the educational environment (students, instructors, classrooms, resources) play a significant role in the educational experience of students. This environment is essential to promote inclusivity and belonging and attends to psychological safety and needs. With the advent of educational technologies in the classroom, it will be important to find ways to identify said culture and norms and how they impact students. Our lab is interested in exploring hidden curriculum, the unattended and unaddressed structural messaging that cues to learners their belongingness in the classroom. This work will explore the possibilities and perils of leveraging educational technologies to measure and assess the ways that hidden curriculum can influence belongingness and how these differences in belonging may enhance or deter student learning. We will discuss the ethical implications and have a reflection on what it means to do hidden curriculum research with equity, respect, and cultural sensitivity.
Panel
1:1, Assessment, Accessibility, Blended Learning, Coaching, Community Resources, Online/Distance Learning, Professional Development, Remote/Virtual Learning, STEM/STEAM
All Audiences, All Educators, Curriculum Specialists
All levels
All Grade Levels
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Graduate Assistant
University of Florida
He is a PhD student and a graduate assistant in the TWISTER Lab within the Department of Engineering Education at University of Florida (UF). Prior to joining UF, he served as a Data Analyst at FCCU and later as a Lecturer of Computer Science. His research interests include conducting systematic literature reviews by extracting data from institutional websites, using multi-modal tools (e.g., eye tracking and physiological electrodermal sensors) and integrating data science and machine learning in understanding the links between cognition, motivation, and performance in STEM classrooms and connected activities.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida
I’m a PhD student and graduate research assistant at the University of Florida. My research interests includes the sentiment analysis, hidden curriculum, emotion analysis, STEM education, computer vision and machine learning.