Bullying Awareness and Prevention in higher education

Academic Bullying and Harassment

What you’ll learn
Understand contextual behaviors of academic bullying and harassment
Clarify the distinction between academic freedom and academic bullying and harassment
Identify and ethically manage instances of academic bullying
Manage conflict of interest in academic health

Requirements
You will learn everything you need to know about academic bullying and harassment

Description
This is a short, video-based, self-paced course that answers common questions about academic bullying so you can recognize it when you see it, know what to do about it, and understand how to protect yourself and others. The course consists of the following sections:IntroductionIntroduction to the course.Personal StoriesTestimonials of several academics of various positions around the globe who have experienced bullying and how it has impacted their lives.What is Academic Bullying?Explanation of what constitutes bullying, the basic categories of bullying behavior, and how it affects those targeted.Why Does Academic Bullying Occur?Elaboration on reasons bullying is such a pervasive problem.What to Do—and Not to Do—If You’re a Target of Academic BullyingPoints from experts and former targets of bullying on appropriate options for targets.The Role of BystandersPresentation of options available to witnesses of academic bullying.What Academic Institutions Should Do About Academic BullyingAction plan for academia to address academic bullying at a larger scale.Is it Academic Bullying? You DecideQuiz in which participants are provided several scenarios and asked to distinguish between academic bullying and acceptable forms of academic and scientific conduct, followed by an expert opinion. ConclusionFinal conclusion of the course presented by the instructor.

Who this course is for
Undergraduatea and graduate students; postdocs; faculty members; and HR