Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Here you will find publicly available educational material on the topics mentioned.
Diversity in General
The diversity-related offerings presented here provide a concise yet comprehensive introduction to a key social issue. They impart fundamental knowledge about diversity, equal opportunities and inclusion, and demonstrate how diversity can be effectively implemented in various areas of life and work.
The digital formats invite participants to broaden their perspectives, reflect on their own attitudes and gain practical ideas for treating each other with respect and appreciation.
The list of resources linked here is not exhaustive. These are external projects that are not affiliated with Heinrich Heine University. The individual subject areas are regularly updated and expanded.
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Online learning platforms:
Diversity in Teaching:
What aspects does diversity encompass? What does diversity have to do with the world of work? What is meant by diversity management? These and many other questions are answered in the multimedia e-learning course ‘Doing Diversity’.
Target group: All employees at universities in North Rhine-Westphalia.
This e-training course deals with unconscious cognitive biases and other unconscious thought patterns – such as prejudices and stereotypes – and their causes.
Learn how to create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces in your organisation and community with these free DEI courses.
The Toolbox pages contain introductory information and practical tips to help you plan and design your university teaching.
The modules offered here provide insights into the field of research and teaching. At the same time, they encourage reflection on diversity issues in vocational education and training.
The German Research Foundation’s ‘Bias Tutorial’ platform offers an interactive e-learning course designed to raise awareness of bias in scientific evaluation and decision-making processes. The aim is to help reviewers, researchers and other interested parties make non-discriminatory, science-based decisions, as well as to identify and reduce unconscious biases in review processes.
How can you adequately respond to the different needs and requirements of a diverse student body? The self-study programme provides you with important basics on diversity and equal opportunities and allows you to reflect on your own teaching and counselling activities.
Diversity in Everyday Life:
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was developed to promote diversity and is part of the future.film.education research project, which is co-funded by the European Union's Erasmus programme.
The MOOC ‘Navigating University Life: Diversity-Sensitive, Prejudice-Aware and Inclusive’ on the iMooX platform covers the basics of diversity, discrimination and power dynamics in everyday university life. Nine interactive lessons cover topics such as sexism, racism, classism and inclusion, with the aim of promoting reflective and discrimination-sensitive behaviour in both academic and professional life.
You can expand your knowledge here with the help of various exercises.
Flashcards are used to explain terms related to diversity. The intention is to encourage discussion of different approaches and perspectives and, of course, the exchange of information.
As an organisation, we support individuals and organisations in acquiring knowledge about discrimination and promoting awareness. Use the filter function to find the right resources for your needs from a wide range of tools, working aids and publications.
Open Educational Resources (OER):
Media Library:
Here you will find educational material against (right-wing) extremism, misanthropy and violence. For democracy, diversity and recognition.
Discover the media library of diversity: LGBTIQ+ rights, (anti-)racism, feminism or inclusion; (audio)books, documentaries, songs or podcasts.
Podcasts:
The Amadeu Antonio Foundation's podcast series covers a wide range of social issues such as right-wing extremism, conspiracy myths, anti-Semitism, hate speech and digital radicalisation, offering background information, analysis and personal accounts to raise awareness and educate people about these phenomena.
This podcast discusses various topics and aspects of diversity at irregular intervals.
Games:
Quotations from over 500 years of history – covering topics such as development, capitalism, colonialism and sexuality – are used to contrast hegemonic and resistant perspectives.
Ten varied questions await you on the ILIAS learning platform.
Would you like to put your knowledge of the seven dimensions of diversity to the test? Then click here to start our Diversity Quiz and show that you’re a true expert on diversity in everyday life and the workplace:
Easy: Click here!
Hard: Click here!