Here's the premise: "In higher education, we pay attention to who students are — to how they show up on our campuses and how they engage the university. But often that doesn't happen enough in online learning environments." I'm not sure this is true, either on traditional campuses, where it's pretty easy to be anonymous, nor online, where it's pretty hard to be anonymous. In any case, Ashley Adams argues, "we need to make an extra effort to center our student's identities." It is less about your political identity," she says, "and much more about your humanistic identity: who you are, what you care about, your values and ideals. There's no discipline that's beyond identity work." I'm not sure I agree with this, but I'm not so sure I disagree either. It feels to me like the subject is being magnified beyond its actual importance, but I'm aware this feeling might be based more on my own perspective than anything else, and it may reflect my role as a researcher rather than someone who works directly with people day in and day out..
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