• Training Room

    LTD - Universal Design for Learning, Universal Design in Teaching
    Provider   Organisational and Staff Development Unit

    This session will show how you can apply the principle of Universal Design for Learning to teaching, focusing on common barriers and opportunities found in STEM subjects.

Duration 2 hours

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Contact Provider

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Target Audience: Any member of staff who want to learn about approaches to making their teaching more inclusive and more accessible.

This is a live in-person event

Universal Design for Learning, Universal Design in Teaching: how to enhance the inclusivity and accessibility of STEM teaching

Course Description

This course is relevant for;

Any member of staff involved with STEM teaching and learning who wants to learn about approaches to making their teaching more inclusive and more accessible.

The session will provide an overview of common difficulties for students of STEM subjects and then consider how a Universal Design for Learning approach can be used to mitigate these. Concrete examples of UDL in practice will be shared and participants will consider how they promote learning by all students. Finally, then have the opportunity to identify UDL strategies that they can introduce to their own teaching.

To recognise common difficulties experienced by students in STEM subjects

To understand what is meant by UDL and how the approach can be used to enhance accessibility and inclusion of all students.

To evaluate examples of UDL in STEM teaching

To apply UDL principles to something that they teach, assess or support

Related Materials

Useful pre-readings;

Scanlon, E., Legron-Rodriguez, T., Schreffler, J., Ibadlit, E., Vasquez, E. and Chini, J.J. (2018). Postsecondary chemistry curricula and universal design for learning: Planning for variations in learners’ abilities, needs, and interests. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19(4), pp.1216-1239.

 Schreffler, J., Vasquez III, E., Chini, J. and James, W., 2019. Universal design for learning in postsecondary STEM education for students with disabilities: A systematic literature review. International Journal of STEM Education, 6(1), pp.1-10.

 

 On-campus activity

  • An online version of this course may be available – check the DAT booking system
  • There will be audience participation
  • You are asked to attend the whole session
  • There will be a break
  • The session is relaxed – this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc.
  • In line with current University health and safety guidance, attendees may wish to use face masks. The room will have either mechanical ventilation or passive ventilation (i.e. open windows)
  • Printed materials may be available in different formats (e.g. large print) / Contact [osdu@strath.ac.uk] to request printed materials in different formats
  • Please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements

 

 



Delivered By: Dr Jane Essex

Prerequisites

Please come along prepared to analyse something (e.g. a taught session, an assessment item, a lab activity) that you routinely teach and that you would like to make more inclusive and accessible.

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your Department / School if you do not attend your place on the course. There will be no charge as long as you cancel your booked place before the event or notify our staff at osdu@strath.ac.uk that you can no longer attend.

A Department / School is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you are expected to attend ALL parts of the course.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of a course of 1-day duration or less. For some courses, there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.