Category: Peer Response Posts

Hello Yuyang, great job on this blog post! I really liked reading it as the layout of your blog looks like mine in a way.

I found a couple things interesting in your blog, the first being your personal experience in math courses where you struggled to keep up, and how the “why” (engagement) part of the UDL is so crucial to everyone’s learning. If the lectures were recorded you could access them to further your understanding.

Secondly, I appreciate how you connected Inclusive Design to the “false consensus effect” and how designers think that others behave or think the same way they do, which leads to exclusion. How you put yourself in the same shoes as the instructor and design learning methods based off of the perspective of the students.

Regarding the blogs appearance, the layout is clean and organized, easy to read, and your use of bolding and tables is excellent. I wonder if in your synchronous and asynchronous learning part, if you could instead of making multiple paragraphs, use bullet points instead?

Great work overall!

Hi Jasial, I enjoyed reading your thoughts and what you’ve learned about designing for inclusion and engagement. I really like how you went all the way back to grade 4, and how you shared to each other what you were having for lunch that day, and how you related it to fostering inclusion and making it culturally appropriate. I can’t imagine switching to online learning for French and being put in the spotlight when you are talking, that is amazing! You talked about how the balance of synchronous and asynchronous activities should be tailored to the specific tasks you were working on to maximize your comfort and participation.

I wonder if you could deepen one area in your Principles of Effective Online Education. You mention how the UDL helps teachers be inclusive from the start for one another, but you don’t go into too much detail on how these principles make expectation clearer. Maybe try giving a concrete example?

You did a great job with the layout of the blog, and I like your use of images.

Max

Hi Abigail, thanks for a fantastic post on “Designing for Inclusion and Engagement”. I like how you start off with a powerful quote “Kids do well if they can”, as it sets a supportive tone for your blog. I also like your breakdown of synchronous vs asynchronous as it was short and sweet and to the point, which makes it simple for people to understand the difference.

I wonder if you could deepen your section on Principles of Effective Online Education as it’s a bit brief. I was thinking that you could add a specific example on how UDL makes those expectations “visible and easy to understand” for students. How would a standard syllabus differ from one that comes from the UDL design?

Cool to hear your insights on Designing for Inclusion and Engagement🙂

Hi Anna, I really enjoyed reading your post! Your reflection on using backwards design to plan out the grade 4 diorama project was awesome to read. It really shows how starting with the desired outcome helps you structure meaningful activities that engage students and allow for creativity. I also loved your discussion on the role of empathy and iteration, and how you highlighted how the spiral model of learning deepens your connection from prior knowledge and applying it to new ones. I like how you’ve drawn on a lot of personal reflections in your blog.

I wonder if you could further explore how the UDL principles can be integrated into the design process to support diverse learners, as I know it’s this week’s blog post but something that could greatly benefit both surface and deep learning. Overall, your post leaves me wanting to read more, and it was wonderful reading about how you created meaningful and student-centered learning experiences in your educational career.

Hello Emma, congrats on getting through the first of many blog posts. I grew up dancing taking tap, ballet, and hip hop, and I can also say how much alike I learn when it comes to dance. Constructivism comes with interacting with our environments, where over and over again repeating the moves and dances to finally perfect it, is really rewarding.

When you talk about your motivation in regards to the ARCS model, you said the biggest motivator is Attention, but I wonder if it could also be satisfaction? You mention that rising to a challenge excites you far more than taking on something easy, and that when you complete a difficult task, I would say you feel satisfied with both the quality and quantity of your work over the attention aspect of being challenged to do hard work?

I really enjoyed looking through your open etc site, as it seems with all these EDCI courses you know your way around this site with your background colour, menu layout, and feature image. Could you check the rubric about tables and lists to be sure you’ve included it? It’ll make your site pop with some information laid out in a table or list. Maybe include a photo or video of you dancing?