November 27, 2020
by Maha Bali
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The recent equity/care model Mia Zamora and I came up with for our #OpenEd20 keynote, which builds on a Twitter thread I started originally to prepare for my Media & Learning conference invited talk, is for me evidence of how … Continue reading
October 31, 2020
by Maha Bali
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An idea occurred to me yesterday and I tweeted it. I woke up this morning and found more than 300 likes on my tweets, and lots of really cool replies with ideas how to take it forward and its benefits. … Continue reading
October 16, 2020
by Maha Bali
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Want to try out some liberating structures and have engaging conversations with colleagues? Want to make sure you carve out some time for lunch throughout your day, and have it in a “faculty lounge” type of space? Join us! Virtually. … Continue reading
October 15, 2020
by Maha Bali
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My daughter told me 4 interconnected stories today. I will tell them in the order she said them, and ask you to reflect on this. First, she told me her Arabic teacher today told her to “stop doodling” because it … Continue reading
October 4, 2020
by Maha Bali
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I’m so proud and excited to announce the launch of our project Imagining a Socially Just Academia (@socialjustacad) which is a project that grew out of Equity Unbound (@unboundeq) and our earlier conversation in June about inclusive academia in response … Continue reading
October 3, 2020
by Maha Bali
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Just a couple of small announcements! Monday, October 5 at 5pm CEST, I am speaking at EDEN alongside Autumm Caines and Mia Zamora about building communities of support for teachers online. Register here free Tuesday, October 6, I am giving … Continue reading
September 16, 2020
by Maha Bali
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“But for women, there have always been two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against regimes that oppress everyone, and a second against the misogyny that pervades the region” (Mona El Tahawy, Headacarves and Hymens, p. 24). It seems … Continue reading
September 11, 2020
by Maha Bali
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In a moment of empathy with a lot of faculty/teachers in these times, I wrote this tweet: Everyone knows my stance on cameras on or off. tl;dr: we should not force students to turn them on, because there are many … Continue reading
September 6, 2020
by Maha Bali
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I’m part of a panel this Thursday, Sept 10th on Rethinking Education in Egypt. The panel will be in Arabic. Here is the Facebook event link for those who speak Arabic if interested. I was asked to prepare a 5 … Continue reading
September 3, 2020
by Maha Bali
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I’ve been receiving some speaking invitations lately from unexpected places for unexpected things. But nothing should surprise us any more in times of COVID. This one was BY FAR the most surprising. I will talk Liberating structures and theater of … Continue reading