Instructional design and race: What black digital humanities can teach instructional design and technology

ABSTRACTWith the growing interest in the field of instructional design and technology to engage with issues of equity, discrimination, and racism, the field needs to tap into disciplines that have been doing this work to be equipped for this work. This paper discusses the need for the field of instructional design and technology to engage with the emerging field of black digital humanities to successfully address issues of inequity and oppression.KEYWORDS: Instructional design and technologyblack digital humanitiesequityoppression AcknowledgmentsThis work is an extension of a paper submitted at the Association of Educational of Communications and Technology conferenceDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThis is an opinion piece and no data was used in this article.Ethical approvalThe authors declare that the present paper did not used human subjects.Additional informationNotes on contributorsRebecca Y. BayeckDr. Rebecca Y. Bayeck, Assistant professor in instructional Technology and Learning Sciences. My research interests lie at the intersection of learning sciences, educational technology, literacy studies, and the interdisciplinary field of game studies. Within this intersection, my research includes games (digital learning and literacies; emerging technologies, design of inclusive learning spaces and exhibitions.