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Teaching Sensitive Topics:�Redesigning Violence and Victimization Courses

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Project Team Members

Bethany Backes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Social Work	Alison Cares, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology
Erica Fissel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice	Elizabeth Mustaine, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology	Julia O’Connor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Social Work

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Goals for the Redesign

Impact student learning by increasing successful course completion through a strategic course redesign process that leverages the benefits of online, blended, adaptive, and active learning

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Project Description

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Project Overview

Challenges We Sought to Address

1. Enrollment, engagement, and successful completion of such courses for all students

2. Preventing or reducing harm for students with past violence or victimization experiences

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Course Breakdown

Faculty Member	Course Prefix; Title; Modality	Tools/Innovations	Quality Designation
Erica Fissel	CCJ3667, Victims and the Criminal Justice System (W)	Open Education Resources (OER) Active Learning	Plan to request Quality in Summer 2022
Bethany Backes	CCJ4681, Domestic Violence in the Justice System (W)	OER Active Learning	High Quality
Alison Cares	SYP3523, Sexual Violence in Society (W)	OER Active Learning	Plan to request Quality in Summer 2022
Libby Mustaine	SYP6561, Child Abuse & Society (M)	OER Active Learning	Plan to request Quality in Summer 2022
Julia O'Connor	SOW6109, Violence Against Women: Global Perspectives (W)	OER Active Learning	Plan to request Quality in Summer 2022

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Project Highlights

25 Faculty Interviews

Redesigned Course Banners and Icons

Development of Modules & Active Learning Widgets

Person-Centered Language
Disclosures, Supportive Response, & Mandated Reporting

Conference Presentations

Tested Canvas Discussion Reporting Feature

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Project Highlights: Discussion Board Flagging/Reporting Feature

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Suggestions for Using Reporting Feature

Clearly explain to students at the beginning of the course how to use the reporting feature and under what circumstances (i.e., this is not for if someone posts an opinion that you do not agree with)
Remind students that once you report a comment, that comment can never be ‘unreported’
If you are going to use the reporting feature, be sure that you actually address the reports you receive (and do so fairly quickly)

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For more information contact:

Erica Fissel

Erica.Fissel@ucf.edu