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SUMMARY:Climbing the UDL ladder: Building a Culture of Inclusion in Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:This CUA Universal Design for Learning (UDL) conference will investigate a myriad of approaches to UDL through an exploration of shared best inclusive practice. Through creating an awareness of a cross-campus approach to implementing a culture of inclusion and diversity\, the Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo) has made significant strides in climbing the UDL ladder to bring this vision to reality. The teaching and learning framework that is UDL has guided this transition to provide for a high-quality educational experience. Together with our partners Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)\, IT Sligo welcomes colleagues across all higher education institutions to examine and reflect on your UDL practices within your programme to ensure the student learning experience provides for the unique learning needs of students in a changing world. \nConference Themes: \n\nStudent engagement & capturing the student voice\n\nPresenters will guide conference participants through the shift needed in the teaching dynamic to one of collaborative curriculum development and allowing students to engage in the process so that they can take control and ownership of their learning process. Presentations will discuss curriculum redesigns that facilitates students to set their own pace and goals and evaluate their own progress. \n\nImproving the student experience through digital enhancement\n\nThis segment provides a thorough discussion on the impact of digital enhancement using UDL principles. This includes curriculum redesigns that have sought to reduce student challenges by providing helpful relevant digital tools to aid understanding in their subject material. \n\nLearning through Covid-19: Flipping the classroom using UDL.\n\nWere your students feeling isolated in their learning due to Covid-19 restrictions?  This segment focuses on curriculum redesigns that involve the use of the UDL framework to ‘flip the classroom’ to foster student engagement and peer collaboration. \n\nAuthentic Student Experience: showcasing UDL teaching approaches.\n\nPresentations which showcase UDL teaching approaches that consider lecturers real world experience and prompt students to engage as the practitioner. Curriculum redesigns that increase student motivation through any of the following teaching approaches such as: work-based learning\, enquiry-based learning\, or problem-based learning approaches. \n\nAdopting Alternative Assessment Practices through a UDL lens\n\nPresentations will address alternative pathways to student success which remove potential barriers making learning goals attainable. Alternative representation examples of flexible options available in an assessment which can enhance access\, support learner performance\, and reduce possible perceived threats. \nFor further information please visit the conference website by clicking here.
URL:https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/event/understanding-universal-design-for-learning/
LOCATION:Institute of Technology Sligo\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Institute of Technology Sligo,NSS 20/21,Sligo,Teaching and Learning Enhancement Within and Across Disciplines
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ORGANIZER;CN="Niamh Plunkett":MAILTO:plunkett.niamh@itsligo.ie
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