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Engineering design is fundamental to the engineering curriculum, so there is a need to ensure that the design curriculum -- especially the design classroom or lab --tries to address these issues to be more inclusive to all. The aim of introducing UD in classrooms (eg. in a design project form) is to build awareness and skills related to universal design and to improve inclusiveness and accessibility of the engineering design curriculum through resulting development of UD-ed ideas and products.
'''Format'''
Our plan is to mimic the structure that the OSD used at Senate. We’re going to have a facilitator give a brief 10 minute introduction about what UDL is and then break our audience (estimated 20 people) into three groups that will go to three different stations with different speakers. We’d like to have 1 TA, 1 professor, and 1 student speak about their experience with UDL in engineering and why it’s especially valuable in our field. We’re planning on each person giving a 10-15 minute presentation, and they’d be giving it three times to each of the groups.
'''Funding'''
Equity budget (SSMU and EUS)
'''Speakers'''
*Prof. Jeff Gostick, Adjunct Professor in Chemical Enginerring at McGill University. Presented... McGill’s PMEAL lab Attended conference this summer by National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI-1)
*Mikhail Smilovic, PhD student in Civil Engineering. Presented... Integrate sustainability into the curriculum opportunities to promote innovation within faculty
'''Outcomesand Future Objectives'''
#Opportunity for students and profs to meet outside the classroom, and meet people in the same program but with a different perspective and experience.#Build alliances between students and faculty.#Provide a support network for students.#Provide a learning experience on what universal design is, and what it means in the design of STEM classrooms and curriculum#Look to improve engineering curriculum and find ways to incorporate UDL into the classroom and lab
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