Designing with Inclusion and Engagement in Mind: Online Learning Environments

Hi Brynn!

I really enjoyed reading your blog post, it is thoughtful and provides clear examples that connect to classroom practice. I really enjoyed how you integrated personal experience throughout the post. Your example from your practicum and the animal chart was a great way to show some of the ideas we are learning within real teaching contexts. It shows well how inclusion can have so many aspects, and I love how you said “using diversity as a resource”. I also enjoyed your section about online learning environments. The section about student-content, student-student, and student-instructor interactions was very clear, and gave thoughtful examples of how connection can be intentionally designed into digital spaces.

I also really liked the visual flow of your post. I think the videos added a lot to the post, and the personal photos from your experience were great! I wonder if you could add a conclusion section or a few sentences that tie the different concepts together, because it could be challenging for someone who is new to these concepts to connect UDL, inclusive learning, and online engagement.

Overall, everything aligns closely with the rubric, and this was a really good and insightful post!