The ambience

What’s on the menu today?

Enabling Accessible Blended Learning

for EQUITY

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THE ENABLE FRAMEWORK

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Another framework?

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Local Context - Made in South Africa

INEQUALITY

History of oppression - colonisation & Apartheid

Discrimination & disadvantage

Decolonising the curriculum

#RhodesMustFall

#FeesMustFall

COVID & ERT

Academic underperformance by race and class metrics

University Capacity Development Grant

UCT Vision 2030 & Digitally Enabled Education

BLENDED LEARNING

The highest Gini Coefficient in the world

Student- centred

Ingredients - fusing local and global flavours

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• Enablement
• Accessibility
• Blended learning
• Equity

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Cooking instructions

Take a 3-year university sponsored project (Redesigning Blended Courses) intended to promote models for blended learning that foreground equity and inclusivity using UDL and social justice framing.

• Collect a wide range of participants for the project team, including UDL scholars and practitioners, and 10 part-time student assistants (Edtech Advisors);�
• Sift through relevant literature on three themes: social justice, blended learning and UDL in SA higher education context with extended project team in a weekly reading group;�
• Gather 7 cases of existing teaching ‘good’ practices in courses across different disciplines;�
• Distill and refine a framework, publish as Open Education Resources

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• Add expert peer review and revise well.

Chef’s notes: What is the framework?

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Let’s take a look at the ENABLE framework

Cafe ENABLE has 6 tables, one for each of the 6 elements.

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You will be able to choose the table you would like to join based on the element that you’re interested in.

Deliberative course planning

How responsive is the course to the needs of the students and society?

Student profile

Critical curriculum alignment

Inclusive learning outcomes

Student-centred learning

How best might students learn to engage with the course given their strengths, constraints, and interests?

Autonomy and individualisation

Active learning

Collaboration

Responsive teaching & online engagement

How might lecturers best support student participation in the course?

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Elicit prior learning

Active listening by lecturers

Providing sufficient guided instruction

Flexible assessment & feedback

How best can students demonstrate their learning and lecturers provide relevant, constructive and timely feedback?

Types of assessment

Types of feedback

Self-assessment and peer-assessment

Expansive evaluation & reflection

How best can lecturers solicit evaluation of the course from various stakeholders and optimise the insights for current and future student cohorts?

Self-monitoring by students

Regular course evaluation

Self-evaluation by the lecturer

Accessible materials using suitable technology

How can accessible materials and tools be used and adapted to best support students' learning and lecturers' teaching?

Creating accessible materials

Selecting suitable technologies

Choose your table

• You can now select which table you will be seated at for the discussion
• Each table will focus on one of the ENABLE elements
• Each table will have a dedicated host

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Table manners

• Please remain seated at the table for the duration of the meal
• Where possible please put your camera on
• Be conscious of images and use alt text
• The table is meant to be a safe space for reflection and genuine curiosity
• Participate in any way you are able
• Enjoy!

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Choose your table

Takeaway

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Identify one key insight or actionable idea you can implement in your own teaching and learning environment?

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