{"id":20594,"date":"2023-03-13T11:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/?page_id=20594"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:16:47","slug":"taylor-data-driven-persona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/taylor-data-driven-persona\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor – Data Driven Persona"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go Back to Meet Your Students<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Go to the Next Data-Driven Student Persona<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\"3\/4Age:<\/strong> 36 years old
\nWork:<\/strong> Graphic designer for a marketing company specialized in social media communication
\nMajor:<\/strong> MBA (part-time student)
\nFamily:<\/strong> Married with two hearing children
\nChallenge:<\/strong> Deaf and fluent ASL speaker, school\/work\/life balance
\nLocation:<\/strong> Waterville, ME
\nWhere is home?<\/strong> New England
\nPronouns:<\/strong> She\/they
\nAccessibility accommodations:<\/strong> Video phone, ASL interpreter<\/p>\n

A bit about her:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Taylor was born and raised in Massachusetts and moved to Maine shortly after graduation to work as a graphic designer in Portland, ME where she met her partner. Both Taylor\u2019s and her wife\u2019s families live far away and it can be difficult for them to find childcare without advance notice, which has proven to be a challenge at times to attend some of the networking and professional development events organized in some of their classes. Taylor is working towards an MBA to advance their career.<\/p>\n

What are their frustrations so far?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cIn one of my classes, all the content is online in writing, and I am often confronted with walls of text and nothing to break them down. This makes it hard for me to do the reading since ASL is so different from English.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it feels like my program doesn\u2019t care about less traditional students. Lots of the networking opportunities happen outside of class time when I need to care for my family and I cannot always find a babysitter, especially on short notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my professors often speaks with their hand covering their mouth and it affects how well Zoom captions what he is saying. It\u2019s really annoying when this happens and I don\u2019t have an ASL interpreter with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we work in groups, students in my group often talk to my ASL interpreter when they want to talk to me, instead of addressing me directly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five teaching strategies focused on digital equity that will help Taylor succeed:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. Provide accurate closed captions for all recorded audio and video course material<\/li>\n
  2. Provide transcripts of lectures<\/li>\n
  3. Schedule events that happen outside of class time ahead of time so students can make arrangements<\/li>\n
  4. Facilitate the pace of the class session to provide time for the ASL interpreter to accurately communicate with the student<\/li>\n
  5. Use clear and precise headings to help break down the course content (consult our tutorial on headings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Many more students can benefit from these teaching strategies. Learn more about who benefits from these strategies.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    What has helped Taylor feel included in the UMaine community?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    \u201cEvents where I don\u2019t have to make a special request to have closed captions because I know they will be available to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn one of my classes, we can send questions to guest speakers in advance of their talk. It makes it easy for me to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn another one of my classes, the professor asked that everyone who records a video response in the discussion board also corrects the captions of their video before they post it to the course, and everybody is doing it!\u201d<\/p>\n

    Learn more…<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n