dr. john m. scott
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A Global Journey to Inclusion Education
Dr. John M. Scott
Product Manager and
Researcher
@johnscottworks
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4 Strategies for Fostering Connection
Universal Design for
Learning
Culturally Relevant
Pedagogy Metacognition
Multimodal
Literacy TheoryAccessibility Reflective Practice
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Ways that Ally can help foster inclusion through Connection
Institutional Report: Data and Analytics
Alternative Formats: Flexibility and Choice
Instructor Feedback: Awareness and Training
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Barriers to Belonging in Michigan*:Scanned PDFs
Accessibility Issue MI Avg National Average
Scanned PDFs 15.6% of PDFs 15.4% of all PDFs
*2019-2020 data; 16 schools represented from MI
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Barriers to Belonging in Michigan*:Untagged PDFs
Accessibility Issue MI Avg National Average
Untagged PDFs 36.4% of PDFs 42.9% of all PDFs
*2019-2020 data; 16 schools represented from MI
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Barriers to Belonging in Michigan*:Missing Headings
Accessibility Issue MI Avg National Average
Missing Headings 24.8% of PDFs,
Word Docs, PPTs
25.8% of PDFs, Word Docs,
PPTs
*2019-2020 data; 16 schools represented from MI
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Barriers to Belonging in Michigan*:Missing Alt Text
Accessibility Issue MI Avg National Average
Images Missing
Description
84.0% of Images 82.2% of Images
*2019-2020 data; 16 schools represented from MI
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Barriers to Belonging in Michigan*:Contrast Issues
Accessibility Issue MI Avg National Average
Contrast Issues 30.7% of PDFs,
Word Docs, PPTs
34.2% of PDFs, Word Docs,
PPTs
*2019-2020 data; 16 schools represented from MI
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Provide Low-Bandwidth Options
Synchronous video
Conferencing video lecturesAsynchronous discussion
Transcripts and slides
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Use Open Educational Resources
Proprietary content is costly
and inflexibleRemix content for
peer-to-peer learning
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Cultural Relevance and Belonging
Culturally relevant
teachers utilize students’
culture as a vehicle for
learning.
- Gloria Ladson-Billings
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Connections between Experience and Content
Lack of meaningful
connections and relevance
Create relevance
Connect with students
funds of knowledge
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Diversify voices and text in Curricula
Do I see myself or people
like me in the curriculum
or in this field?
Balance academic texts with
Blogs, podcasts, multimedia
Global, diverse perspectives
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Assign and rotate roles for group work
Collaboration dominated
by single voiceRoles help create more
equitable relations
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Inspire Activities: Making relevant connections
• Develop rapport with students
• Use as a formative assessments
• Strengthen associations in the brain
• Generate a sense of community and peer-
to-peer learning
Weekly micro-activities establish connections
between student experience-identity-interests
and the learning objectives- course themes.
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Unique Learner Footprint and Metacognition
Research finds
struggling students
often lack Self-
Regulated Learning
Strategies
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Incorporate Reflective Practices: Learning Logs and Journals
We do not learn from
experience …
we learn from reflecting
on experience.
- John Dewey
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Leverage Digital Tools for Learning
Lack of effective reading
comprehension and study
strategies
Use annotation tools and
text-to-speech tools
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Empower Learners with Choice
• Multiple modes of representation (UDL)
enhance cognitive processes
• Learner Preference fosters metacognitive
presence for lifelong learning
• Improved usability impacts time on task
and information retention
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Alternative Formats Impact in MI in 2020
Aug: 22,066
April: 6,945Jan: 7,370
•Over 176,000 formats
downloaded in MI in 2020
•Over 25,000 students downloaded
a format during Fall Term
•Over 3,500 students downloaded
6+ formats during Fall Term
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Breakdown of Formats downloaded in MI in 2020
Aug: 22,066
April: 6,945Jan: 7,370
Format Type Downloads
Tagged PDFs 103,280
Mobile-friendly HTML 34,725
ePUB 21,648
MP3 5,575
OCRed PDF 7,029
BeeLine Reader 5,705
Electronic Braille 1,358
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Practice Empathy
•Open channels of communication
• Responsiveness to changing needs and circumstance
•Anticipate through proactive inclusion
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Engagement with Accessibility Feedback in MI
• Over 51,000 engagements with accessibility indicator
• Over 4,800 launches of Course Accessibility Report
• Over 13,000 files with improved accessibility