== Other Events ==
===UDL(Universal Design Learning) ===
EUS Equity Committee, EUS executives, OSD (Tanja Beck), TLS (Maria Orjuelde Laverde) This event aims to generate discussion on increasing access to the Engineering curriculum by implementing Universal Design for Learning principles. The forum will focus on creating learning environments which are accessible, inclusive and respect the diversity of the Engineering student body. Just as physical barriers can hinder students to access the classroom in our physical environment, curricular barriers can exist in the instructional environment that can hinder learning for students with diverse learning styles. Universal Design (UD) as a concept originated in the field of architecture. UD is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design." UD as a concept is now widely applied in the field of education, curriculum design and the design of learning environments where it is known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a sustainable, educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with a diversity of learners in mind.
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.
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Our plan is The forum takes place similarly to mimic the structure that the OSD used at Senate. We’re going to have a A facilitator give gives a brief 10 minute minutes introduction about what UDL is and then break our the audience (estimated 20 people) is broke into three groups that will go . Each group goes to three different stations with different speakers. We’d like to have 1 TA, 1 professor, The speakers comes from different backgrounds 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 EUS Equity Committee, EUS executives, OSD (Tanja Beck), and they’d be giving it three times to each of the groups.TLS (Maria Orjuelde Laverde)
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