From emergency remote teaching to hybrid NUflex: a collaborative approach to developing faculty into learning designers
JOURNAL OF LEARNING DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION · Oct 27, 2021
In the Spring of 2020, nearly all universities faced the unprecedented challenge of moving to emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. Northeastern University introduced Hybrid NUflex to ensure academic continuity for students while attempting to welcome as many students as possible back to campus for a typical residential university learning experience in Autumn 2020. This approach required a shift in thinking from emergency remote teaching to a more intentionally planned design that would provide an equitable learning experience for both on-ground and remote learners. In addition to thinking about content delivery, faculty members also needed to familiarise themselves with the technologies they would be using in the physical space to connect all learners during class time. Therefore, our main challenge was to support faculty members in adapting their course design and delivery to reach all learners regardless of teaching modality.
Solving Common Teaching Challenges with Universal Design for Learning and Canvas
2022 UDL-IRN Summit
This asynchronous poster presentation demonstrated how UDL design could be used within Canvas and how to solve common teaching problems with both evidence-based and practical design.