When: Wednesday 6^th December, 12.00-2.00 with lunch, Regent Street, UG04

You are invited to join us for the first Centre for Teaching Innovation seminar for 2017 – 18 featuring:

Onotologies for Inclusivity: Cool Curricula, Sidelining Shibboleths and Being a Bit Brave. Chris Kennett, WSMAD

UOW’s Learning Futures programme afforded us all the chance to improve every area of student experience, including curriculum design, flexibility of delivery/assessment, and inclusivity/equity of its T&L ethos; but in current literature, these areas are often discussed in isolation. I shall discuss our radical, root-and-branch LF-led curriculum redesign which attempts to build inclusivity and equity holistically into every part of the T&L, from course ontology to delivery and bespoke assessment strategies with no loss of rigour, consistency or transparency.

Inclusive Teaching – a route towards connected and innovative learning experience. Daniela de Silva, Disability Learning Support, Libraries and Curriculum Support

Hockings (2010) states that inclusive teaching engages students in learning that is meaningful, relevant and accessible to all, embracing a view of the individual and of individual difference as a source of diversity that can enrich the lives and the learning of others. Having a wider range of views and experiences in the classroom leads to a more critical understanding of a subject. As teachers, it challenges us to rethink what and how we teach and to widen the materials we include on any given subject.