#UDLChat 4/15/2020

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Reflection

My current pandemic adventure has been captioning, and faculty are adopting accessibility. The instructional design team at my institution is working on upcoming course developments, and I have been getting the usual review requests for accessibility and answering questions. I have been excited that inclusive access and design is becoming a priority with our faculty. We are also working on rolling out a CMS or content management system for our public-facing website, and I have been pleased with the recent web tickets providing alternative text for the web team to incorporate for images. The next big adventure is the captioning of the virtual graduation ceremony. Things have been busy with life, graduate school, and work, but I am so happy that I have been involved in these Twitter chats to connect with others. I am looking forward also to joining the next #ATChat for the first time.

As things wrap up for this semester, I am just happy to see all of the work, collaboration, and creativity through this COVID-19 adventure. It has been an excellent opportunity to see people coming together and learning remote conferencing technologies so quickly.

Responses

#UDLchat Pandemic Adventure!

Q1: Describe one of your current adventures in synchronous learning or working

A1. Current adventure is working with captioning and more faculty seeing the importance of accessibility within their courses. Many faculty are exploring options and showing their creativity. #UDLChat

— Steven Bianco, MA (@StevenBianco4) April 16, 2020

Q4: Can you share some new tools that are helpful to provide asynchronous options for learners?

A4. A good learning management system to keep students on track with assignments placed in their calendars, accurately captioned short videos and content to get the lesson across but be respectful of family situations. #UDLChat

— Steven Bianco, MA (@StevenBianco4) April 16, 2020

Q2: The COVOD Adventure is unsettling, what do you do to sooth yourself?

A2. Going for walks out here in the country. #UDLChat

— Steven Bianco, MA (@StevenBianco4) April 16, 2020

Q3: How do you sooth your learners?

A3. I try not to directly bring up the pandemic, I use humor and just be genuine and human especially when a cat walks in front of the camera. Let folks vent and reassure them. #UDLChat

— Steven Bianco, MA (@StevenBianco4) April 16, 2020

Q5: Shout out! Give a compliment or thank you to a person or group. (Feel free to tag more than one)

@CJL1229 @Ortolano_Scott @hillarygfphdatp @michelestork @min_d_j @EitconsortiumFl @eyeonaxs and more importantly all of you in #UDLChat

— Steven Bianco, MA (@StevenBianco4) April 16, 2020

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