getting personal with universal - a lecturer’s journey

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Presenter: Margaret Kinsella

September 2010

Who are ITB?

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Dublin

Who are the Students?

Access Students

Repeat Students

English Not 1st

Language

CAO Applicants

PLC FETACCourses

Mature Students

Familiar with College system

Adjusting to College

demandsAssistive Technologies,

Examination Arrangements

Some Language acquisition difficulties

Creates different dynamic

Varied Group

Who am I?

Roslyn Park College

VEC

ITB

Family

College

Software Industry

Large extended family

Lots diversity...

5 yrs Not a mention of

diversity10 years! Diversity – norm...

Not a mention of diversity

10 years!Women’s Nework

SIF Learner Support & Learner Styles

E4Continuing Education

Creative Digital Media

Programming Supports

IBM ‘Scaffolding’

Connecting the Dots….Evolving Relationship

Fostering confidence

Building

self-esteem

Increasing motivation

Situational Assessment

Prior Experiences

Identify Strengths &Blocks

ITBStudent

Lecturer

Collaborators

Workshop/Seminar Key participants

Universal Design on the Urban Scale for the Aging

Population

Antoinette Fennell, Trinity

College

Introduction to Universal Design and Seven Principles

workshop

Ciaran O’ Leary & Damian

Gordon, Kevin Street, DIT

Sight Loss Noel Redmond

Assistive Technologies and Web Accessibility Joshue O’ Connor, NCBI

TrinityHaus

Creative Digital Media: Guide Dogs Project

Multiple means To give learners

Multiple means of representation To give learners various ways of acquiring information and knowledge

Multiple means of action and expression

To provide learners alternatives for demonstrating what they know

Multiple means of engagement To tap into learners' interests, offer appropriate challenges, and increase motivation.

What is Universal Design for Learning

“Universal Design points a way forward

for a humanistic participation focused

not on efficiency but on people’s needs and dignity….”

adapted Sunday Times