Presented at SAIT on March 9, 2018 by Jennefer Rousseau of Bow Valley College. Action Research: Tinkering with Universal Design Ideas Description: At Bow Valley College, School instructors are encouraged to use universal design for learning practices in their class. Jennefer Rousseau, an advocate for UDL, was eager to use the D2L discussion board as a means to implement “rotating notetaking”. In an epic fail, Jennefer decided to use action research to customize a UDL idea to meet the needs of her specific learners. Come listen to her journey and perhaps even influence her research.

1. ACTION RESEARCH
Tinkering with Universal Design Ideas

2. What is Universal Design for Learning?

3. Rotating Peer Notetaker

4. Advantages?
■contribute to the learning of peers
■ access to missed material
■ see how others take notes
■eliminates the need for paid notetaker
■accommodation for a disability

5. Initial Problems
■Expected
■Unexpected

7. We recommend that notes be
submitted to the instructor for
posting on D2L.
This gives the instructor an
opportunity to do a “quality check”
before posting.

8. Rotating NoteTaking Fail

9. Action Research

10. ■ poor quality
■ do not aid students
with disabilities
■ weak number of
views
■ experience note taking
■ experience using new
D2L feature

13. New Outcomes
■ contribute to the learning (of peers ?)
■ access to missed material
■ model notetaking
■ eliminates the need for paid notetaker
■ accommodation for a disability
■ increase practice with D2l features

14. JENNEFER ROUSSEAU
JROUSSEAU@BOWVALLEYCOLLEGE.CA