Scheduled at 10:15 am in Colorado G-H on Friday, November 15.
#39580Speaker(s)
- Josh Rumpff, Instructional Designer, Cornell University
- Julie Rummings, Instructional Designer, Cornell University
- Rachel Gunderson, Senior Instructional Designer, Cornell University
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format: Lecture
- Expertise Level: All Levels
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
Join us as we share our experience in creating a web resource for faculty on barrier-free classrooms, guided by WCAG/UDL, and neurodiverse insights. We will discuss our concept of it as a living platform, evolving through faculty and student experiences, aiming to enrich education for all learners. This exploration covers its creation and future development in the changing landscape of accessibility and education.
Abstract
This session explores the creation of a dynamic web resource designed to empower faculty in fostering barrier-free learning environments and how the inclusion of the neurodivergent learner experience influenced our recommendations.
We will first share the innovation behind the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTI) Accessibility Guide based on WCAG and the UDL framework, created to meet the needs of our faculty. This resource is not a fixed entity but a living, breathing platform that adapts and grows, shaped by the very individuals it aims to serve via a multi-phase rollout.
Next, the addition of neurodivergent learner experiences through videos will be discussed, and how their narratives shaped our direction. By guiding resource development with insights from those with varying abilities and needs, a more holistic and empathetic approach to education is cultivated, enriching the learning experience for all, not just neurodivergent learners.
Lastly, our team will discuss how the current state of the resource will shape the upcoming phases of the website, including how other learner experiences will contribute to its development and our efforts to ensure that all voices are heard.
Join us on our journey of building this web resource, including the challenges faced and steps to overcome them. This highly interactive discussion will also allow attendees to share, and gather approaches used at other institutions.
Keypoints
- Inclusion of the learner experience through video to elicit change and refine accessibility guides for faculty
- Growth in a web resource to adapt to the changing accessibility landscape
- Involvement of neurodivergent experiences to guide resource development
Disability Areas
All Areas, Cognitive/Learning
Topic Areas
Faculty Development & Support, Uncategorized
Speaker Bio(s)
Josh Rumpff
Josh Rumpff is an instructional designer/developer in the Center for Teaching Innovation. He works to support faculty of all modalities with a personal interest in universal design for learning, online/hybrid/blended classrooms, and alignment/backward design in courses. Before joining CTI, Josh worked as an instructional designer and technologist in southern Pennsylvania for the last decade, most recently at York College of Pennsylvania and Harrisburg Area Community College. While at these institutes he worked to train faculty on emerging technologies, ran a course development program to help faculty take their face-to-face courses into the online environment, and helped faculty troubleshoot daily issues with their learning management systems. Josh holds a bachelor’s in Secondary Education - Citizenship and a master’s in Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
Julie Rummings
Julie Rummings is an instructional designer at the Center for Teaching Innovation. She supports instructors of all modalities but has a strong background and interest in online/hybrid/blended teaching and learning. Pedagogy, instructional design research, accessibility guidelines, and evolving educational technologies inform her advice. Before joining the Center for Teaching Innovation at Cornell, she worked at a college in the State University of New York system as an online instructional designer and multimedia specialist, working with faculty of online undergraduate courses, MOOCs, and special projects. Julie has a master’s degree in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation from Syracuse University.
Rachel Gunderson
Rachel Gunderson is a senior instructional designer at the Center for Teaching Innovation. Before joining the CTI, Rachel worked on the instructional design team at eCornell designing and developing online certificates with Cornell faculty and training them to launch courses for their executive master’s programs. As a faculty member herself for eight years at Wells and Ithaca Colleges, Rachel developed a passion for implementing several learner-centered teaching approaches and utilized various tools and strategies for her online, hybrid, and face-to-face teaching experiences. Rachel holds both a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degree in health education from Ithaca College and, more recently, her graduate certificate in instructional systems technology from Indiana University and a professional certificate from Cornell University in project management.