Food for Thought: Securing Early Engagement: incorporating UDL to help students start strong

In this session let's explore how to engage our students and get them excited about learning right from the start of the course. We'll spend a short time looking at how teaching with a Universal Design for Learning lens can foster an environment of engagement by tapping in to different motivations for learning. Participants will have a chance to actively work together to explore ideas that can be incorporated into their teaching with the goal of increasing engagement early on. We'll debrief as a group and hopefully leave with some practical ideas to support our teaching and learning practice.

Resources mentioned in this talk:
Podcast: You 2.0: Stop Spiralling - the Hidden Brain

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• Presentation slides
• Student Insights through a UDL Lens - BCIT Institutional Research
• The Principles of Universal Design for Learning Infographic

Presenter: Michele Bridge is an Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) and the Faculty Development Coordinator in the Teaching and Learning Unit. She is a champion for UDL at BCIT, and passionate about making learning engaging and promoting accessible learning for all.
This presentation was held in Town Square C on the Burnaby Campus of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, which is located on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Nations of xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musquem), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish).