Chapter 12: Creating Culturally Relevant Online Learning Environments in Higher Education

In the wake of COVID-19, many educators abruptly left their traditional classrooms and entered a world of online teaching. Students of all backgrounds were forced to embark on a new educational journey that many of their professors were not prepared for, yet expected to continue to grow in their academic achievement. At one point, online learning was a way for a university to maintain a competitive edge, yet faculty members are hesitant to convert their traditional courses to an online format (Keengwe & Kidd, 2010; Khine et al., 2021), let alone make them culturally relevant (Ladson-Billings, 2014) during a global pandemic.