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CELTalk: Getting to grips with Universal Design for Learning to improve accessibility for diverse learners: A starter tool kit

Online

This fully interactive online workshop will seek to offer the participants a solid basis to begin an autonomous exploration of the potential use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to  create inclusive classroom practices for all diverse learners. The session will follow a simple structure that will address the key “Why? What? How? What next?” concerns of participants:

  • Why do we need UDL and how is it changing the way we approach inclusion in the post=secondary classroom?
  • What is UDL?  The resources available to instructors about UDL are now abundant and tackling them can be daunting.  The session will offer a beginner’s guide to exploring resources and strategies.
  • How does one plan and begin a rigorous and effective use of UDL in one’s courses?  What are the essential initial steps of this inclusive design reflection?
  • What next?  How does one fit personal explorations around UDL within departmental policies, existing collaborations with colleagues, and institutional practices?  How does one scale up individual UDL initiatives within faculties? 

Please note: This session will be recorded.
 

Presenter Bio: 

Frederic Fovet is an Inclusion and Universal Design for Learning scholar.  His practice and research have focused originally on the creation of inclusive provisions for learners with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD).  He has held, in turn, the positions of Head of Accessibility Services at McGill University, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island, and Associate Professor in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University.  He joined the School of Education at Thompson Rivers University in July as Assistant Professor.  He acts as a consultant, domestically and internationally, both in the K-12 and post-secondary sectors, in relation to the integration of UDL and to management of change in the context of inclusive pedagogy.  Frederic was instigator and Program Chair for the first three Pan-Canadian UDL conferences which took place in 2015, 2017 and 2019, in Montreal, Charlottetown and Victoria respectively.  He sits on the editorial board of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, the executive board of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ) and the advisory committee of the European Journal of Inclusive Education (EJIE).

Date:
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Registration has closed.

Event Organizer

Carolyn Ives