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Part 1: Orientation & Implicit Bias

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About Part 1

This first part of The IDEAL Learning Journey focuses on orientation and implicit bias. All staff are pre-enrolled in the self-paced learning in STARS. You'll start with an orientation, then take two or more of the brief implicit association tests, and participate in e-learning courses. 

Access the Learning Journey in STARS

Start with an orientation

Watch the orientation video to gain greater insights about the university's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) vision, your learning options, and the learning journey offerings. Included is a message from the Provost highlighting the importance of treating each other fairly, raising concerns, and establishing behavioral expectations. Also included: a syllabus and a demo to help you navigate the journey. Time commitment: Approximately 20-25 minutes.

 

Next, build your knowledge with e-learning courses

Keep your Learning Journey going with two online courses designed to increase your awareness of implicit biases and its impact on daily interactions, as well as to provide you with strategies to reduce the impact. The e-learning was developed by the University of California system and provides an understanding of the dimensions of bias and how to disrupt them, a fundamental component of the learning journey. Time commitment: Each e-learning course is approximately 45-60 minutes.

Note: People managers have one additional e-learning course on managing bias in the hiring process; view the Manager Learning Journey details webpage.

  • Course 1: Implicit Bias and its Impact describes how the brain uses shortcuts and schemas to process stimuli; explains how attitudes, stereotypes, and biases form; describes and cites ways in which implicit bias affects daily actions; compares the cause/effect relationship of implicit bias, and identifies common forms of workplace biases. 
  • Course 2: Debiasing Techniques recognizes situations where an individual is prone to the influence of bias; reviews external factors that influence bias; evaluates the influence of bias on the decision-making process; provides counterexamples and stereotype replacements, and helps you construct a personal plan for managing the influence of implicit bias.

 

Along your Learning Journey...

Capitalize on the power of self-reflection

A Guide to Self-Reflection is available to easily capture your self-reflection along your self-paced Learning Journey. To access, login with your Stanford account to the Google shared drive; if you are logged into Google with a personal Gmail account, you will not be able to access the document.

View or download the guide to self-reflection

Use curated resources to bolster your learning

Understanding your own thought patterns is an important part of the Learning Journey. We've curated some compelling resources, including videos and articles you can view or read as desired. In addition, the implicit association tests help you understand some of your own complex thought patterns.

View the resources

 


Part 1 Survey: Your opinion matters! You'll receive an invitation to spend a few minutes completing a brief survey to help improve the program.