[Abesoutheast] Information Design and Universal Design for Learning - BCC, 2/11/08 1:00PM - 4:00PM

[Chisholm, Daniel]

Information Design and Universal Design for Learning

 

The Work of Edward Tufte and concepts of Universal Design for Learning and their implications for ABE

 

Presenters: Akira Kamiya, Nancy Sheridan

 

Ever wonder how we can as educators make our lessons and presentations more clear?  I'm sure, that as students you all have had that "Aha" moment where things all seemed to come together and made sense in a very clear and simple way?  How do we recreate these moments as a regular part of our plan as opposed to a matter of chance?

 

In this workshop we¹ll explore the principles of information design espoused by Edward Tufte, renowned author and thinker.  Also, more broadly we¹ll consider the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as they apply to designing curriculum and lessons for ABE and ESOL students.  

 

All too often we offer text or pictures in our instruction but very often without giving thought to why.  Through new research on how our brains work while learning, we can now understand how to best structure technology and media to teach to all students.  Traditional media and lessons have taught many and done pretty well.  But with these new insights, we as educators can not only reach more but on a deeper level.

 

By discussing and critiquing examples of good and bad educational/information designs, with consideration of the use of color, tables, graphs, font quality, and other media elements we will create new metrics for judging their usefulness as components of good learning material.  We¹ll include applications to ABE and ESOL.

 

Hands on activities will entail analyzing different types of information, re-formatting this information/data for maximum cognitive integrity and design universality so that we can become better consumers and producers of information for teaching and learning.

 

This workshop will be offered on 2/11/08 at BCC, 1:00PM - 4:00PM

 

Please register through the Sabes Calendar -  http://calendar.sabes.org/

 

Daniel Chisholm

Regional Technologist for Southeastern SABES

SABES: Training Leaders in Adult Basic Education

508-678-2811 x2731

daniel.chisholm at bristolcc.edu <mailto:daniel.chisholm at bristolcc.edu> 

 

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