Understanding our diverse students: Using data driven personas to interrogate neurodiversity and inclusion in course design

Postponed

In this learning community, we will use data driven personas representing students at UMaine/UMM to better understand how intersectional identities impact learning and what small changes faculty can make to make their course design more universally accessible. We will use a combination of self-reflection on your own course syllabus, policies, content and practices, and biasses, small group troubleshooting and large group discussions.  Participants will:

• Collaboratively troubleshoot and envision different teaching strategies
• Design small changes with big impacts 
• Modify course syllabi and/or course policies
• Map how interventions benefit multiple student identities 
• Reflect on personal experiences, beliefs and biases
• Provide feedback or recommendations for the personas and their use.