Community building activities
Equity Unbound has teamed up with OneHE to develop some open educational resources for online community-building
Why is building a sense of community important?
Watch the welcome video below to find out why Equity Unbound are creating and curating free community building activities for educators.
How to use these resources
Each of these resources includes a video or text demonstrating or describing the activity or exercise for community-building. We also include descriptive text, slides you can reuse/adapt where relevant, and links to additional resources. We also show you how much time, what kind of resources you need, and different variations on the activity to help you adapt it for your purposes.
Important: Any technique can block some people out, make them feel unwelcomed, or be used in a way that privileges some and makes it harder on others. All of these techniques should be used in conjunction with pedagogies of care and what we call Intentionally Equitable Hospitality.
As you watch/read any of these, please let us know:
- If you find that the activity is not hospitable to a certain group.
- If you try an adaptation of this activity, or try it as is and have interesting results to share, please contribute your adaptation/reflection.
- If you have an activity or resource that you want to contribute.
Coming soon
We will be frequently adding more activities and resources – sign up to the mailing list or follow Equity Unbound / OneHE on Twitter for updates. We are also creating an online community space to make it easier for you to share ideas, experiences and questions.
