Disrupt the Discourse: An eLearning Course and Digital Toolkit to Aid the Development of an Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Kevin J. Brazant presents Disrupt the Discourse, a digital tool kit of resources and content inspired by Critical Race Theory, values of social justice and anti-racism practice.  This toolkit incorporates a web-based eLearning course builder that allows the development of online courses for any device. This toolkit has been purposefully designed and developed, cognisant of the challenges of digital poverty (i.e. lack of access to laptops and the adoption of mobile learning, such as using smartphones and smaller devices and navigating intermittent and unstable internet connections). It serves as a reference point and guide for educators seeking to facilitate courageous conversations relating to both staff and students who identify as Black Indigenous People of colour (BIPOC) and their lived experiences as they navigate colonial and white spaces both figuratively and physically. Users of the toolkit will gain an understanding of issues of racial discrimination, oppression and structural inequality whilst equally fostering white allyship and critical consciousness for self-actualised activism and praxis for racial and social justice. Using this toolkit, educational activists can find creative ways to collaborate with each other and students across schools of thought and subject disciplines, and by sharing their practice for the evolution of racially conscious learning and teaching.   The Disrupt the Discourse Toolkit fosters agency, promotes resilience and builds capacity for anyone to become an agent for racial justice. Through the process of co-creation and collaboration, the toolkit combines contributions from academic research and teaching innovation in a bid to mobilise a community of disruptors, using digital technology to create accessible content that informs and facilitates critical dialogue.