Join the OpenLab for an Open Pedagogy Event @ Ctiy Tech, Thursday 3/22 at 5:30pm

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  Posted by Kristen Hackett on February 14, 2018 at 8:35 am

  Open Pedagogy Event (Th 2/22): Accessibility in Open Digital Pedagogy

  <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>WHEN</span>: Thursday, February 22, 2018, 5:30-7:30pm (Faculty Commons, N227)

  <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>WHERE</span>: At New York City College of Technology, Downtown Brooklyn (directions below)

  *Refreshments will be served. (Thanks to the Faculty Commons for its generous support of this event!)

   

  Join the OpenLab Team, City Tech faculty and staff, and CUNY colleagues at our next Open Pedagogy event, where we’ll be discussing accessibility in open digital pedagogy. This is a follow-up event to Accessibility, Disability, and Open Digital Pedagogy held in Fall 2015 and we’re excited to extend the conversation about how designing the college experience with accessibility in mind benefits our communities. We’ll learn from one another about how standards and accommodations vary across the disciplines. Our discussion will focus on universal design and how it can be incorporated into our pedagogy, mentorship, and administrative work on campus and beyond.

  We’ll consider the following questions:

  • What is universal design, and how does foregrounding it help to address accessibility without tokenizing or stigmatizing disability?
  • How does reframing accessibility as an ethical and pedagogical imperative open up new possibilities for universal design?
  • What are the disciplinary challenges and pedagogical benefits of universal design?
  • What opportunities does digital pedagogy offer for universal design and accessibility efforts?

  Suggested Readings:

  • “Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities” Published 4 June 2017, by Hampus Sethfors, https://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pwd
  • “What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design?” https://www.washington.edu/doit/what-difference-between-accessible-usable-and-universal-design
  • “Universal Design in Education: Principles and Applications,” https://www.washington.edu/doit/universal-design-education-principles-and-applications
  • George H. Williams, “Disability, Universal Design, and the Digital Humanities”

  OpenLab Help Documentation on Accessibility:

  • Making Your Work Accessible (The OpenLab)
  • Reading Ease and Accessibility (The OpenLab)

  Location Information:

  *New York City College of Technology, CUNY is located at 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Enter the college on Jay Street (main entrance) and head up the stairs to your right (do not go down the few steps once you check in with security). When you reach the second floor, make a right again and head down the corridor. The Faculty Commons (N227) is on the right at the end.

  We hope to see you there!

  Best,

  The OpenLab Community Team

  OpenLab@citytech.cuny.edu

• Jessica Murray (she///her)

  Participant

  February 15, 2018 at 11:13 am

  Hi, is this happening on 3//22 or 2/22?
  Jill Belli (she/her/hers)

  Participant

  February 15, 2018 at 3:17 pm

  Thanks for asking Jessica. The accessibility Open Pedagogy event is happening on 2/22 (though we do have another Open Pedagogy–on a different topic–planned for 3/22 as well … stay tuned for details about that). We hope that you will be able to join us next week for the event!