Hi Xinh,

Thank you for your Week 5 – Universal Design for Learning blog post. I appreciated how you explained each of the three guidelines and provided personal examples. However, what I enjoyed the most about your post, was how you critically analyzed your personal experiences and how the teachings could have been improved to become more inclusive. For the engagement guideline example, I liked how you acknowledged both the success and limitations of the reflective question activity mentioned. Further, I enjoyed reading your suggestions for improvement to make the activity more inclusive (i.e., by giving an alternative such as writing).

Your blog post has made me think critically about my experiences in the classroom setting and activities of this nature. For myself, I have engaged in many reflective activities without struggle. However, this may not be the same experience for everyone involved. Because of this, I am begging to appreciate all that must be done to make an activity inclusive.

Based on this, due you think that the other two examples that you provided could have been made more inclusive? I was thinking of your second example in which individuals the professor enabled closed captioning for the student who was hard of hearing. Instead of providing closed captioning because of this student, would it not just be easier to always provide captioning regardless of all student abilities? This way the professor is removing barriers and eliminating the need to be asked to.

Thanks,

Katie