EDUSPACES 21CONFERENCE

Inclusion and UDL in the innovative learning spaces of global citizenship

Dr. Alan BruceULS Ireland

Warsaw: June 2016

Purposive learning in an age of uncertaintyEnd of linear models of learningCognitive dissonance: what is needed

is not being providedAlienation and anomie in a changing

worldLabor market flux Adaptability and innovation as normGlobalized paradigms/fractured

communities

Towards Global CitizenshipEducation must fully assume its central role in helping people to forge more just, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies. It must give people the understanding, skills and values they need to cooperate in resolving the interconnected challenges of the 21st century.

United Nations: Global Education First Initiative (2012)

Shaping Imaginative Spaces Ethnic demographics Disability National frameworks & EU contexts Flexibility and adaptability Educational systems and new learning Interculturalism and diversity.

ICT: re-imagines space and accessContradictory and paradoxical What we think:

Citizens Shared knowledge

Participative engagementWhat we have:

Consumers Increasing exclusion

Significant problems with equitable access

Responding to change Flexibility Digital learning Visions of excellence Sustainability Sugata Mitra:

Comprehension/Communication/Computation

Universal Design meets learning spaces Equitable use. Flexibility in Use. Design accommodates individual abilities. Simple and intuitive. Design easy to understand, Perceptible information. Design communicates Tolerance for error. Design minimizes hazards. Low physical effort. Design can be used comfortably. Size and space for approach and use.

Technology Innovation Partnerships (CITED 2006)Universal Design concept rooted in three areas:

1. Design of physical environments 2. Web development 3. Teaching and learning (Universal Design for Learning).

Aim of UDL UDL creates barrier-free environments

that enable teachers to apply universal design concepts to support widest range of learner differences.

UDL develops course content that is proactively accessible to as many as possible.

UDL informs space design

Crisis impact: system change

Conclusions Education at crossroads Leadership critical Leadership requires planning and clear

goals Designing for a globalized world Vision for community needs Innovative design accommodates

imagination and inclusion

DziękujęDr. Alan BruceULS Dublin

abruce@ulsystems.com

Associate Offices: BARCELONA - HELSINKI - SÃO PAULO - CHICAGO