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The Festival of Learning 2016 has ended, it took place June 6–9, 2016. This post-secondary education event hosted more than 400 delegates, offering a variety of session formats, learning experiences, unique spaces, as well as social and networking events. Don’t miss the next Festival of Learning 2018 happening May 28-30, 2018.

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Wednesday, June 8 • 9:00am - 12:00pm
An Introduction to Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility Practices (9:00 - 12:00) LIMITED

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Limited Capacity seats available
Open 3 Hour Session Limited to 50 Participants (First-Come, First-In)

This three-hour workshop is an introductory workshop to the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Accessibility Practices.

In addition to introducing the three main principles, this session offers participants concrete examples about incorporating UDL into their teaching and design practices, as well as “take away” promising practices and additional resources for further exploration.

We will use a set of activities/questions to engage the participants to ask and answer questions around their institutional and departmental priorities, individual goals in the path of universal design and accessibility in their course design, teaching, technology integration, optimizing student engagement.

The activities are designed to promote critical thinking on the key questions on the what, how and why of UDL and Accessibility.

Presenters
Afsaneh Sharif, Senior Instructional Designer/Project Manager, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia
Marie Krbavac, Instructional Designer/Project Manager, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia
Amanda Coolidge, Senior Manager, Open Education, BCcampus
Sue Doner, Instructional Designer, eLearning Development and Support, Camosun College
Tara Robertson, Accessibility Librarian, CAPER-BC at Langara College
Speakers
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Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus
Amanda Coolidge is the Director of Open Education at BCcampus. She leads the BC Open Textbook Project as well as the Open Education initiatives in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCcampus Open Education team produces Open Educational Resources (OER) – textbooks, toolkits... Read More →
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Sue Doner

Faculty, Instructional Designer, Camosun College
Instructional Designer: especially interested in Universal Design for Learning; Accessibility in online learning
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Marie Krbavac

Faculty Liaison, University of British Columbia
educational technology, instructional design, caring
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Tara Robertson

Diveristy and Inclusion Order Muppet, Mozilla
I like figuring out how things work, why they break, and how to make them work better. I’m passionate about universal design, access to information, open source software, intellectual freedom, feminism and Fluevog shoes.
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Afsaneh Sharif

Faculty Liaison/Senior Project Manager, University of British Columbia
UBC

Wednesday June 8, 2016 9:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Grand Villa 2 Ballroom (Second Floor)
  General Teaching and Learning Strand Session (Open to All)

Attendees (22)