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Higher ed friends: students are hit with a lot of rules, deadlines, and policies when classes started. Reminders don't mean they aren't taking college seriously. Your ADHD students will appreciate the reminders and I'm guessing they won't be the only ones.

Extend some grace these first few weeks!

#ADHD #HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching #Neurodivergent #Teaching

If you're launching into a new semester soon or prepping for it, check out if you have any practices in your course that aren't so ADHD-friendly.

Multi-part questions, inconsistent deadlines, and other seemingly harmless choices can make a BIG difference for your ADHD students.

#HigherEducation #InclusiveTeaching #Teaching #Disability #NeurodivergentLearners #Pedagogy

https://theadhdacademic.weebly.com/teaching--adhd-blog-posts/ways-you-unintentionally-create-adhd-hell-for-your-learners

For those interested in inclusive pedagogy and neurodiversity-affirming teaching, Sarah Silverman is hosting a public workshop and discussion called "Group work, 'participation,' and Neurodiversity" on August 20th at 12pm Eastern time.

#Education #HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching #AcademicChatter #Educators #Academia #Neurodiversity

https://sarahemilysilverman.com/2024/07/29/workshop-and-discussion-invitation-group-work-participation-and-neurodiversity/

"Expressing ideas in a new way is a useful exercise for any learner, but can be particularly helpful for neurodivergent learners."

https://humanist.ghost.io/mind-mapping/

#InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd #Teaching #Educators #Neurodivergent #ADHD #Autism

Templates need not crush creativity or box #ADHD students in. Make clear that they are a guide: an idea for those needing some structure and guidance, the ADHD minds with too many ideas.

What is always bad news is when a major deduction is given for some small aspect of the template that WAS required, but it's hidden in the small print or it's on the rubric but not the template. ADHD makes it harder to identify these tiny & inconsistent details.

#InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd

It's 2024 and we're still doing laptop bans in classrooms, huh?

For the millionth time, technology bans are incredibly ableist. There's no discussion to be had.

Requiring disabled students to out themselves as disabled in order to use their technology in class makes you a poor educator.

#AcademicAbleism #HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching #Accessibility #College #Inclusion

Today, I'll be presenting a second paper at #ASEEannual. This paper summarizes lessons shared through The Grainger College of Engineering Lab & Design Community of Practice over the past three years. We hope it will help other instructors teaching undergraduate engineering laboratory courses. Stop by the @asee_nee Technical Session at 1:30 pm in E144 to learn more. If you can't make it check out the details here: https://go.engineering.illinois.edu/CoP24Paper

#academicmastodon #AcademicFedi #academicChatter #Laboratory #Teaching #higherEd #STEM #engineering #engineeringEducation #engEd #Teams #teachingassistant #inclusiveTeaching #undergraduate

@RebeccaEE just presented our paper about how we applied #EntrepreneurialMindset (EM), #HumanCenteredDesign (#HCD), and #UniversalDesignforLearning (#UDL) along with #inclusiveTeaching resources to improve a Bioinstrumentation #Laboratory course at #ASEEAnnual.

#higherEd #engEd #engineeering #laboratory #actionresearch #coursedesign #undergraduate #academicMastodon #academicChatter

Honestly, just be kind to your students and you're vastly more inclusive than 75% of other educators in higher ed.

#HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching #AcademicChatter #Teaching

Even if protests are not going on our own campuses, that doesn't mean students aren't distressed by the general climate and what is going on at campuses like UCLA and Emory. Not a bad time to be gentle with students.

#HigherEd #TramuaInformed #InclusiveTeaching

Timely reminder that disabilities are fluid. A person may be symptomatic one day and fine the next. A student may not need accommodations during the semester, but the end of the term rush may make accommodations very necessary. This does NOT mean the student is faking it or taking advantage of you.

#AcademicAbleism #AcademicChatter #InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd

Remembered I haven't listened to one of @anngagne 's Accessagogy podcast in forever so now I'm able to binge a bunch while writing and downloading data. Life is good.

ADHD folks, podcasts are 10 min long and include transcripts, so very ADHD-friendly.

https://anngagne.ca/podcast/

#Pedagogy #Accessibility #HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching

“Mathematics is a battle, but I’ve learned to survive”: becoming a disabled student in university mathematics https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10649-024-10311-x
"rather than understanding the “dis” in disability negatively, the university mathematics education communities may use dis by disrupting order. Perhaps, we ask, if university mathematics fails to enable accessible learning experiences for students who care about mathematics, these practices should indeed be disrupted."
#MathEd #a11y #Ableism #InclusiveTeaching

Access is not (only) using alt text. Access is considering the barriers in place for disabled folks and removing as many of them as possible. It's using plain language, it's color contrast, it's knowing that access needs can sometimes conflict. Access is a moving target but it's worth moving for.

#accessibility #InclusiveTeaching #AccessIsLove

Providing templates for students increases accessibility. Maybe they don't follow the template exactly, and that's okay.

Having a template helps ADHD brains organize and it provides a starting point when thoughts are flying everywhere and a million connections are being made.

#ADHD #InclusiveTeaching #Accessibility #HigherEd

Reminder for all educators, Ramadan has started or will start soon so please be aware of fasting students. This may not be a great time for field work, you can potentially expect lower energy from students if your class time is at the end of the day, and if you can change any celebrations involving food to a different date, that would probably be appreciated.

#HigherEd #AcademicChatter #Teaching #Educators #InclusiveTeaching

Optimize online learning accessibility! Embrace closed captions, transcripts, and user-friendly platforms. Let's champion inclusivity in the realm of education.
Visit: https://feedingtrends.com/how-to-ensure-online-learning-is-more-accessible-for-learners
#InclusiveTeaching #Elearning

Educators can be more inclusive by saying no to inconsistent deadlines, poorly organized reminders and directions, bans on laptops or doodling in class, convoluted multi-part questions, and other forms of academic ableism. It may not seem like it, but these are all barriers affecting your ADHD students, your traumatic brain injury students, and other brain-based disabilities.

https://theadhdacademic.weebly.com/teaching--adhd-blog-posts/ways-you-unintentionally-create-adhd-hell-for-your-learners

#AcademicChatter #Inclusion #ADHD #TBI #InclusiveTeaching #Accessibility