"Toward Linguistic Inclusivity: Evaluating Approaches to Instructional Materials and Technology" presented by Marcela Hebbard, Janine Morris, and Catrina Mitchum

The fourth and final session in the 2021-2022 GSOLE Webinar Series

Overview

This webinar will focus on the importance of linguistic accessibility in our online courses by briefly sharing selected study data that suggests that we need to be cognizant of the impact that our instructions on technology use in the classroom have on student success for our linguistically diverse students in our online classrooms. While we teach writing first, we can’t teach writing online without technology. Inaccessible interfaces and instructional materials can impede any of our students’ success, but can have the largest unintended impact on our students who speak non-standard varieties of English (Sayer & Braun, 2020). We draw from the framework of humanizing online teaching (Pacansky-Brock & Vincent-Layton, 2020) to provide methods for making online literacy courses linguistically accessible through our technology instructions.

Participants Will:

• Work on increasing accessibility in technology instructions by reflecting on the impact of their own linguistic practices on their teaching of online literacy.
• Workshop materials from online courses that incorporate hands-on practice in small groups.
• Enhance their understanding of how their own linguistic practices play a role in their teaching.

Registration Information:

• This Webinar is free to GSOLE members. 
• Non-Members can register for $15.
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