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‘accessiblity’

should i record?

jul. 30, 2020—by cynthia brame, cft associate director   this fall, we are all going to be thinking about how to ensure that our students can equitably access our courses, even when they have to miss a synchronous meeting. one of the questions we’ll have to answer is whether and when to record those meetings to provide...

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trauma-informed teaching during covid-19

jul. 28, 2020—by leah marion roberts, senior graduate teaching fellow, 2020-2021 trauma-informed teaching recognizes that students’ emotional and physical wellbeing, sense of security and belonging, and their past and current traumas influence their ability to learn. in other words, it responds to the reality that students are whole people with whole, complicated lives, in and out of...

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teaching innovations at vanderbilt: joe bandy and accessibility and inclusivity in an environmental course

feb. 24, 2020—by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses.   taught by dr. joe bandy, soc 3314: environmental inequality and justice covers the history, ethics, and policies of environmental activism and how the...

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a conversation on disability and digital literacies

mar. 11, 2019—as we teach various digital literacies, including critical consumption and multimodal production, how can we be inclusive of students with different abilities? . join us for a conversation about digital literacies, disability, and universal design for learning at the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 on friday, march 15th, from 12:10 to 1:30pm. . our panelists will be:...

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newly revised cft guide on creating accessible learning environments

jul. 19, 2018—graduate teaching fellow, amie thurber, along with assistant director joe bandy, have prepared a newly updated teaching guide for creating inclusive and accessible higher education classrooms. while it is first and foremost designed to help instructors in their efforts to create inclusive equality for disabled students, it has content that will help all students access,...

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