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Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion Online
Join us online for this Open Education Speaker Series session "Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion" with Dr. Ann Gagné and Kosar Dakhilalian (Brock University).
Abstract: This session will explore the three main principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines to provide examples of how open education can foster engagement, give options for representation, and demonstrate learning. The speakers will provide examples of resources, tools, and assessments from their co-created OER on Accessible Adoption to allow participants to reflect on how UDL can be an attainable and sustainable way to approach accessibility and inclusion in Open in their specific disciplinary contexts.
Speaker Bios:
Dr. Ann Gagné (she/her) is Senior Educational Developer, Accessibility & Inclusion at Brock University. She has worked in higher education for over 22 years. Her work focuses on the need for accessible pedagogies through awareness of disabled lived experiences. She regularly facilitates workshops on accessible and inclusive pedagogy and trauma-informed UDL.
Kosar Dakhilalian is an Educational Developer, Open Educational Resources at Brock University since 2023. She facilitates workshops to respond to the OER needs of the instructors, offers consultations, and helps with design and creation of OER and interactive elements.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Saskatchewan Time (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Faculty Graduate Students Instructors Public Staff
- Categories:
- Speaker Series