You are an adjunct instructor at a local university. A policy change has been made regarding curriculum and instruction for the upcoming semester. All courses at the university will now be developed using the three basic principles of universal design for leaning of multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, and multiple means of engagement. You are teaching a 300-level educational media course for future teachers that involves the use of the technology in the classroom. Specifically, you will be teaching these future teachers how to utilize elements and activities of the online environment such as blogging, pod casting, video casting, and social networking, when teaching their future k-1 students.
Identify ethical, legal, and political dimensions of your instructional design practice as it has to do in this situation.
How would you design or set up your course to meet the needs of diverse learners? How would you incorporate multimodal activities at the stages of representation, expression, and engagement?
How would you plan for and respond to ethical, legal and political consequences of your design decisions?
What design implications would you implement to integrate multiculturalism in this technology course for future teachers?
The Gulf Coast city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is often threatened by dangerous hurricanes during the time between June 1 and November 1 each year. As you may recall the city was devastated by hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Many people lost their lives because of, among other things, a seriously flawed evacuation plan. In an effort to ensure that this never happens again, city planners and public safety officials have devised an innovative and remarkable evacuation plan in the event of another catastrophic hurricane. You have been hired to develop and implement a series of public training seminars to educate the public about the evacuation plan.
What questions would you ask in a learner analysis to ensure that you collected information regarding culture and physical/cognitive impairments?
What strategies would you use to meet the needs of a diverse population: culturally, economically, educationally, and otherwise?
What are the challenges in implementing strategies of the multimodal diversity model?
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