In this episode I explore how much the algorithm feeds us what is deemed important or not important about accessibility. It talks about whose voices are shared and what research is used time and again to often make inaccessible pedagogical decisions. As the way information is shared and what becomes viral becomes more and more […]
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In this first episode of Season 5, we discuss the decisions that are made in course design. In particular we will reflect on whether a course is designed for the teaching team, for an accrediting body, or for the actual learners that will be taking the course. Hopefully this will create space to review choices
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In this episode I go over the episodes from Season Four that you engaged with the most to connect them with what is going on in higher education right now. I also frame how context is the reason why scale through technology only (like AI) reinforces and create gaps in accessibility and inclusion. It leaves
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In this episode we will go over five things you should keep in mind if you are starting a journey towards consulting on a document, a policy, or a new procedure. It will highlight some of the things that should be in place to make the consultation more accessible and intentional, and not simply performative,
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In this episode we will explore how the scarcity model, so common in post-secondary institutions currently, actually creates and reaffirms barriers to accessibility and inclusion. It uses the metaphor of finite amounts of cake to explore how biases become embedded in accessibility work, the harms of trickle-down inaccessibility when guidance is given from those not
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In this episode we explore ways that you can support more valuing of disabled lived experience in the spaces that you are in. Valuing lived experiences can prevent accessibility barriers that folk encounter each day, and can make decision making be more inclusive from the start. This episode starts by highlighting how disabled folk have
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In this episode I try to conceptualize the concept of “trickle down” that I have been speaking to for many years now in relation to accessibility work. I give three examples of how trickle down shows itself in research sharing, in technological choices, and in design choices that create barriers and have direct impact on
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In this episode we will explore how folk tend to resort to checklist thinking when there needs to be an accessibility conversation and why that happens. It will provide three ways to reframe the checklist conversation in the hopes of moving accessibility conversations into a more reflective and holistic practice. Transcript for Episode 52 Checklists
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In this episode we discuss how accessibility is seen as radical in terms of outlier, instead of radical as foundational, which is what it means etymologically. I provide 3 areas where we can reflect and disrupt to get accessibility conversations back to foundational and away from outlier. Transcript for Episode 51 (De)Radicalizing Accessibility Readings of
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In this episode we will explore the importance of being trauma aware in educational spaces. By first defining trauma, and providing important framing to the topic, we will then explore trauma-informed principles and practices that can be applied in different contexts. The episode provides many resources to expand reading and knowledge of how trauma can
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