Digicon 2022 Solutions Room
Guiding Question: How can we use UDL to create barrier-free learning spaces so all our students participate in class?
Session Agenda
- Introductions (5 min)
- What and why of participation (5 min) – whole group brainstorm & student surveys
- Barriers to student participation (10 min) – whole group brainstorm & student surveys
- UDL solutions to barriers identified (30 min) – Carousel brainstorm in small groups – 10 min / board
- UDL solutions that might work for you – whole group debrief (10 min)
Contributors
Laura Pickell (she/her)
laurapickell@cunet.carleton.ca
Instructor, Health Sciences
Cathy Malcolm Edwards (she/her)
cathyedwards@cunet.carleton.ca
Lead, Accessibility Strategy
Elspeth McCulloch (they/them)
elspethmcuclloch@cunet.carleton.ca
Assistant Director, Digital Learning
Rebecca Andre (she/her)
rebeccaandre@cunet.carleton.ca
Accessibility Strategy
Resources
- Outline – Participcation Solutions Room – Carleton
- UDL Digicon – Carleton PPT – no notes
- Whole Group Jamboard
- Jamboard 2 (Carousel)
- Cast Graphic Guide
References
Brookfield, SD & Preskill, S (2005). Discussions as a way of teaching (2nd Ed). Jossey-Bass.
Fritschner, LM (2000). Inside the undergraduate college classroom: Faculty and students differ on the meaning of student participation. The Journal of Higher Education, 71(3), pp. 342-362.
Handelsman, MM, Briggs, WL, Sullivan, N & Towler, A (2005).A measure of college student course engagement. The Journal of Educational Research, 98(3), 184-191.
Hard, BM & RaoShah, T (2022). Developing collaborative thinkers: Rethinking how e define, teach and assess class participation. Teaching of Psychology, 49(2), pp. 176-184.
Junn, E (1994). Pearls of Wisdom: Enhancing student class participation with an innovative exercise. Journal of INstructional Psychology, 21(4), 385-387.
Rocca, KA (2010). Student participation in the college classroom: An extended multidisciplinary literature review. Communication Education, 59(2), pp. 185-213.
Weaver, RR & Qi, J (2005). Classroom organization and participation: College students’ perceptions. The Journal of Higher Education, 76(5), 570-901.