Student learning loss as the result of the pandemic is well-documented; however, students also found new ways of learning, especially in terms of skill development and resourcefulness, among others. Higher education institutions have also experienced other losses in recent years, including losses in funding, access, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to name a few. For this workshop, we focus on how much we as practitioners and institutions have also found and learned during this period. And then, how are we applying this learning to help chart new and sustainable pathways to equity? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kathryn Schulz in her memoir Lost & Found, explains that finding takes two primary forms: a) recovery: re-finding what we lost (returning to status quo) and b) discovery: finding something new (changing our world). Using examples from the University of California, before, during, and after the pandemic, we will workshop program-based learning frameworks to help us reflect on and discover: what we lost, what we found, what we learned, and how to apply that learning towards equity and impact moving forward.

Participants will:
- Discover how utilizing an “& approach” allows for progress towards student-centered equitable outcomes and the closing of equity gaps
- Employ a lost & found learning framework to align teaching and learning practices for impact and sustainability on their own campus

Authors:
Maruth Figueroa, University of California, San Diego, United States
David Ruiter, University of California, San Diego, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Maruth Figueroa is a School Administrator at University of California, San Diego in United States

See this presentation on the full schedule – Saturday Schedule

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