I’m happy to announce that the Michigan State University Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development has chosen to sponsor the Learning Community that my colleague Adam Gacs and I proposed for 2022-23. This year, we’ll be exploring accessibility and disability-inclusion when it comes to language teaching and learning in various learning environments (in person, synchronous online, asynchronous online, hybrid) for the purpose of improving accessibility for disabled students by supporting instructors and administrators as they work to make language learning accessible. We will focus on such topics as how to approach the creation of more accessible materials early in the course design process, how to check and continually improve existing teaching practices, and what to pay attention to when working with and adopting various technology tools. We will also explore emic perspectives from disabled students on disability-inclusion and how their perspectives relate to best practices for language teaching. For session information and to sign up, please visit this learning communities webpage.
Caitlin Cornell 