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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

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The Steam Foundation Teams Up with MakerBot to Expand Access to 3D Printing for Students

eSchool News

Founded by Aadhav Prabu and Akshar Raikanti, The Steam Foundation is a California-based nonprofit with a mission to make STEAM education equally accessible to all students in kindergarten through 12 th grade. To do that, they’ve recruited and trained students from previous camps to become the new instructors. FULL STEAM AHEAD.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Students need to engage actively with challenging tasks, and work in groups talking about learning, trying solutions to problems, recording observations and getting feedback in the moment from the instructor. Learning is still, and always has been, a social activity.

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Conversation and Coursework: Strategies to Engage Undergraduate Students with Course Content 

Faculty Focus

Without adequate reading, students will be reluctant, or unable, to participate in class discussions and conversations for lack of understanding and fear of not measuring-up to peers (Severe, E., Subsequently, instructor facilitated classroom conversations intended to enhance understanding of course content may stagnate and falter.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. A video can also make instruction more accessible. The responses always yield the same results.

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The Effectiveness of Online Learning Depends on Design

Catlin Tucker

However, if humans learn by participating in their lives then how can online learning be effective? Participation. Participation. The goal of online learning must be to increase participation to ensure that students are regularly exchanging ideas and learning from one another. Community of Practice. References.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

Edsurge

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.