A recent question on this: "Is the course appropriate for advisors/librarians/other staff?" Yes, and I can provide some customization to make it more so! It is really aimed at anyone in a higher ed setting who would like a basic overview of ND. sarahemilysilverman.com/neurodiversi...
Does anyone know of any research connecting companion and or support courses (the ones that run parallel to a math, bio, chem, etc course to support organization and scientific thinking) to the needs of neurodivergent (broadly defined) students?
I made a permanent post of one my recent LinkedIn posts here, to describe how UDL can relate to all members of the learning community, not just students. Here I discuss the idea of "learner variability" and how instructors vary in ways that parallel students sarahemilysilverman.com/2024/09/12/i...
Note: This post is a more permanent version of a LinkedIn post I made in July 2024. There has been some chatter about the limitations of "student-centered" teaching, I think most recently on a Tea for...
Same here, and it is the one where lecturers are unionized!
I am going to work on putting a CC-BY-NC on all my substack posts - does anyone have experience with this? I know that substack automatically puts the author's copyright at the bottom of each page.
@sarahsilverman.bsky.social I pointed your recent post to a colleague. They found it so valuable they want to create a professional development activity for their staff. Your substack posts are (c) so my colleague is wondering how they can adapt it. What attribution would you be comfortable with?
A follow-up to "Group Work, Participation, and Neurodiversity"
A somewhat new offering to share: I created an asynchronous course on neurodiversity for educators in higher ed. This has been successfully implemented on a few campuses, and can be modified for specific contextual needs. Feel free to contact me for more info sarahemilysilverman.com/neurodiversi...
This course is designed to introduce educators (including faculty, staff, advisors, librarians, and others) to the history, politics, and key terms of neurodiversity and its relevance to higher educat...
This is framed around university group work, but has strong applications for 7-12th grade group work, too. Planning for neurodiversity is so much better than trying to cobble things back together after something goes wrong. I love the "what if" considerations at the end.
A new newsletter post: This one is a follow up to a previous post on "Group work, participation, and neurodiversity," thinking more about how to help students understand inclusive course design decisions around participation. open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
A follow-up to "Group Work, Participation, and Neurodiversity"
Last year, I facilitated a couple of workshops on designing in-class activities for accessibility. There's a lot out there on digital accessibility/accessible materials, but it's a little harder to find resources on accessible active learning. This piece is a great contribution to that body!