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.
Thank you Peter! I'm really glad these are helpful. Also very open to responses/critiques if people have other perspectives
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!
Thanks for sharing! If you are interested in more thoughts on the complexity of active learning, I also have this post beyondthescope.substack.com/p/the-asteri...
There are more caveats and limitations in the "active learning" conversation than we often mention. Maybe it is time to mention them.
There is no "pinned post" feature on here it seems... What I *would* pin is likely my neurodiversity consulting info. It is heartwarming to me that there is increasing interest in this topic, enough that I'm pretty scheduled for fall (but available in spring!) sarahemilysilverman.com/guest-facili...
I offer a variety of guest facilitation and consulting services related to neurodiversity in education. My past clients include Barnard College, University of Vermont, Molloy University, Harcum Colleg...
Good thing to remember at the beginning of the semester - if you use an LMS e.g. Canvas that has sequential modules, students don't always know the material is designed to be viewed sequentially. I always write out "click 'next' to go to the next activity" at the bottom of each page
I also had a summary/expansion post on my newsletter beyondthescope.substack.com/p/group-work... This is a topic I am excited to do more work on, and I would love to here more from you if you're interested too
Part one of a two-part series
Recently I held a somewhat experimental workshop on "Group work, participation, and neurodiversity" in which we discussed ideas from neurodiversity theory that can help us reframe some common classroom frictions Materials here for those who are interested: sarahemilysilverman.com/2024/07/29/w...
Note: This event has already taken place. Link to session slides | Link to session handout Date: Tuesday August 20th 2024 | Time: 12pm-1:30pm Eastern US/ 11am Central/ 10am Mountain/ 9am Pacific Regis...