Sources

Review, Joy, and Learning with Undergrads

Liam Lachance
Department of English at Dawson College
3D.11 – llachance@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

follow along with the handout

neural networks: Te Kawanatanga o Aotearoa / New Zealand Government’s “Inclusive Education: Universal Design for Learning“

goal

4/30 = 60%

obstacle

Posey, A., Novak, K, (2020) Unlearning, Changing Yours Beliefs and Your Classroom with UDL (104; ebook)

research

Kapler et al’s ‘Retroactive Interference’ findings https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2014.11.001

Canva & ‘first-last’ slides

tools used or designed

an ideal slide, based on MIT’s Patrick Winston’s advice in “How to Speak” (2018)

example of receive 100% to leave ‘early’ quiz

participation audit exercise

a jigsaw exercise for writing and rhetoric: Law & Order (debate or cross-examination)

jigsaw

tweak gameshow formats to maximize interactions between students, a low-stakes way to connect social value to knowledge

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? allowed students to phone each other (or parents/friends).

competition can facilitate an inclusive class culture

Jeopardy Labs

Other UDL tools that worked well: Universal grading accommodation (reduced deaths of grandparents at midterm), hybrid exam grading (oral & written), audio accompaniment for all students (listen while reading), discussions of accents (exploring English profanity).

Sources

Canva
C.S. Clyne’s “Developing Engaging Educators”
Jeopardy Labs
Kahoot!
Kapler, Weston, and Wiseheart’s “Spacing in a simulated undergraduate classroom: Long-term benefits for factual and higher level learning“, Learning and Instruction, Vol 36: April 2015, pp. 38-45.
Gabor Mate’s The Myth of Normal (epigenetics & environment)
Novak’s “The Value of Student Variability” (citing Miller)
Meyer & Rose’s Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice
Patrick Winston’s section on slides in “How to Speak” (2018)
Posey & Novak’s Unlearning (2012)
SCOTUS blog for courtroom graphic
David Shenk’s work with the epigenetics of genius
Survey Monkey

see a qualitative explanation of these sources on the handout