UDL: Fostering Student Strengths – CAST Workshop 3


Date/Time: Friday, February 28, 2025
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

CAST & American River College Present: Fostering Student Strengths

Color coded matrix of the Universal Design for Learning Framework.

Facilitators: Donald Walker (CAST) and Lori Hokerson, Universal Design and Accessibility Coordinator (ITC)

Are you looking for an innovative, high quality instructional method that promotes student and faculty engagement, increases student satisfaction, and decreases faculty workload? It’s called Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and CAST will be at ARC September 27 to provide a 90 minute training for interested faculty. UDL is an instructional design approach that creates a barrier-free learning environment by emphasizing student abilities and being learner-centered. Best of all, UDL is intentionally focused on supporting student groups at ARC who are disproportionately impacted, however in doing so, it benefits all students in the process!

Please join us for our next session, which will be focused on the UDL considerations called “Interaction” and “Expression and Communication.” This workshop will explore how we can add support and guidance for students into our instructional content to give them the ability to not only learn, but to demonstrate that learning in varied ways.

Event Information

  • Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
  • Time: 11:15 AM to 12:45 PM Pacific Time
  • Location Options:
    • Option 1 – Attend in person at the ITC Training Room; lunch will be provided
    • Option 2 – Attend via the UDL Session 3 – ARC Zoom Link
      • Meeting ID: 832 0094 2308??
      • Passcode: 073886??

Agenda

11:00 to 11:15am – lunch hosted in the Training Room at the ITC.

Pizza, Salad, and Drinks will be available throughout the presentation

11:15 to 12:45pm – Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – Interaction, Expression, & Communication

12:45 to 1:00pm – 15 minute debriefing session with the ITC staff.

This activity meets State PD Guidelines A, B, & C; ARC Strategic Goal 1 Students First and Goal 3 Exemplary Teaching, Learning, and Working Environment; ARC Professional Development Competencies: Equity-minded Service, Effective Communication, and Technology Proficiency.

Future Sessions

Throughout the semester CAST will be facilitating more trainings, following the same format as this one. We invite you to attend one or all of these sessions!

Registration Information

Please use the registration link below to register for the event, so that we can make sure there is enough food for everyone! We hope you can join us!

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