Share Paper: Designing for Inclusivity in Teacher Education

  1. Nandita Gurjar, University of Northern Iowa, United States
Wednesday, April 8 11:15-11:30 AM Room 3 - https://tinyurl.com/room3site

Abstract: Using Poll Everywhere, this presentation will engage the audience in thinking about designing for inclusivity in online learning. While eLearning courses aim for accessibility in their course design with options to access the content that is suitable for learners, they may not offer options for culturally inclusivity with either engagement or content. Cultural inclusivity enables learners to access and engage with the content in a way that is congruent with their cultural values and beliefs to create an inclusive, equitable constructivist learning environment (McLaughlin & Oliver, 2000). Cultural inclusivity begins by analyzing the social, cultural, and linguistic assumptions (Gunawardena, 2013) ...