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Plus One Strategies for UDL: Creating accessible documents for your course – Google Docs, Grackle Docs & PDFs (Virtual Workshop)

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Open to all instructors at UMaine or UMaine Machias, these 30-minutes meetings will focus on “Plus One Strategies” you can adopt to proactively design courses that meet the varied needs of our increasingly diverse body of students. Each workshop will be designed with 30 minutes of learning on a specific strategy and 30 minutes of […]

Plus One Strategies for UDL: Creating accessible tables and spreadsheets for your courses (Virtual Workshop)

Virtual Location

Open to all instructors at UMaine or UMaine Machias, these 30-minutes meetings will focus on “Plus One Strategies” you can adopt to proactively design courses that meet the varied needs of our increasingly diverse body of students. Each workshop will be designed with 30 minutes of learning on a specific strategy and 30 minutes of […]

Demystifying the Hackerspace: Using UMaine’s Hackerspace for classroom-based research

Hackerspace, Memorial Union Building

Are you looking for creative and relevant ways to have your students engage in research in your courses?  Makerspaces/Hackerspaces provide students with a suite of 21st century tools to innovate, solve problems, collaborate and be creative in any discipline. Learn how to empower your students to use tools such as inexpensive micro processors connected to  […]

What does it mean to teach with transparency? (Virtual event)

Virtual Location

Transparent teaching is a method of inclusive teaching that has been shown to significantly support students of color, first generation students, students with disabilities and other diverse learners. This workshop will introduce the research behind transparent teaching and introduce specific strategies to consider in your own classrooms. Register for this workshop (opens in a new […]

Guest Speaker Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler: Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education

Virtual Location

CITL and Student Accessibility Services welcome Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler of the University of Washington to speak about inclusive learning. Discover how learning activities and support services can be designed in such a way that they are accessible to and inclusive of students with disabilities along with other marginalized groups. Dr. Burgstahler will present tips that […]

Helping students understand the feedback process

Virtual Location

Providing effective feedback to students has been shown to improve learning and motivate students more than grades. It is also a more inclusive and equitable strategy for learning. Yet often […]

Plus One Strategies for UDL: Creating and sourcing accessible videos for your course

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Open to all instructors at UMaine or UMaine Machias, these 30-minutes meetings will focus on “Plus One Strategies” you can adopt to proactively design courses that meet the varied needs of our increasingly diverse body of students. Each workshop will be designed with 30 minutes of learning on a specific strategy and 30 minutes of […]

Digital Equity & E-Inclusion Reflection and Self-Evaluation

102 Fernald Hall 102 Fernald Hall, Orono

Final Reflection & Self-Evaluation The Digital Equity & E-Inclusion Community of Practice (DECoP) will bring together faculty interested in supporting, exploring, and cultivating a digital equity practice. (This event is also open to other interested faculty) REGISTER HERE

What not to forget: A reflection and conversation around learning and student engagement after our first semester back on campus

Virtual Location

COVID-19 was hard, and continues to present challenges. In this informal discussion, we reflect on lessons learned, strategies adopted, and new approaches to teaching that have emerged as a result of the unique circumstances influencing teaching and learning during the COVID pandemic. This is a virtual workshop. Unfortunately, we were not able to fill the […]

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