Program

Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Universal Design 19 July 2018 Support Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 984kB Jul20 18)

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

  • International Association for Geoscience Diversity – An Inclusive Community and Wealth of Resources

Chris Atchison, Executive Director

9:15 a.m. Focus - Learn about Barriers to the Geosciences Curriculum

  • Learning Environments (Classroom, Laboratory and Field Settings)
  • Modes of Delivery (Face2Face, Hybrid / Blended, and Online)

10:00 a.m. Brain Break

10:30 a.m. Focus - Introduction to Universal / Inclusive Design for Learning (UDL/IDL)

  • National Center on Universal Design for Learning
  • DO-IT
  • AccessSTEM

11:20 a.m. Thursday Roadcheck then Next Steps for Friday

11:30 a.m. Adjourn for the day.

Special Invitation: If you would like to continue this inclusive discussion, you are invited to join the IAGD Working Group during our Thursday, 19 July, session from Noon - 1:00 PM (Ritchie 254G) . Feel free to bring your lunch with you!

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Friday 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Universal Design 20 July 2018 Support Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 2.3MB Jul20 18)

8:30 a.m. Welcome Back and Refresh

8:35 a.m. Focus - Highlight Accommodations for Other Disabilities

  • Revisit the Field Audit

  • Field-Based Accessibility: Challenges and Examples

  • Online Mode of Delivery Considerations

9:15 a.m. Focus - Highlight Accommodations for Other Disabilities

  • Ending the Awkward / People First Language

  • Blind, Low Vision, and Color Vision Deficiency Resources

  • Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

10:15 a.m. Brain Break

10:30 a.m. Focus - Highlight Accommodations for Non-Apparent Disabilities

  • Neurodiversity

11:15 a.m. Reflection then Workshop Evaluation

11:30 a.m. Adjourn Workshop