Thinking about Creating Inclusive Spaces, An Introduction
This month’s toolbox focuses on the physical spaces in buildings, classrooms, support services and the macro environment of learning and how these factors can positively influence diversity, equity and inclusion. The objective of thinking about creating inclusive spaces is to support the full participation and engagement of all participants within these spaces. As one architect notes in the resources listed, “Spaces matter.”
General Resources Related to Higher Education
Why diversity and inclusion in learning spaces matter:
https://www.mcgranahan.com/engage/why-diversity-and-inclusion-in-learning-spaces-matter/
Understanding the experiences and needs of Black students at Duke (Section 3 of the report focuses on how spaces and services help students feel supported):
https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/20753/Understanding the experiences and needs of Black students at Duke.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y
Understanding the experiences and needs of 1G students at Duke:
https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/17144/1G-Report-2018-v2.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y
Designing for Equitable + Inclusive Learning Spaces
http://essentials.edmarket.org/2020/07/diversified-learning-designing-for-equitable-inclusive-learning-spaces/
Toward Inclusive Learning Spaces
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/2/toward-inclusive-learning-spaces
Universal Design (UD) Resources
Universal Design in Higher Education:
https://www.washington.edu/doit/programs/center-universal-design-education/postsecondary/universal-design-physical-spaces
Equal Access: Universal Design of Physical Spaces
https://www.washington.edu/doit/equal-access-universal-design-physical-spaces
Additional resources on UD:
https://www.washington.edu/doit/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Universal%20Design%20in%20Higher%20Education_Promising%20Practices.pdf
A resource examining UD in higher education in the US and South Africa:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676777/
Schreffler et al. (2019). Universal Design for learning in postsecondary STEM education for students with disabilities: a systematic literature review. International Journal of STEM education, 6 (1), p.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-019-0161-8
https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40594-019-0161-8
JMU Resources:
Accessibility: https://www.jmu.edu/accessibility/index.shtml
Includes student and faculty resources
Student resources: ODS, Housing Accommodation Requests, Libraries Accessibilities, Disability Studies Minor, Learning Centers, Madison Advising Peers
Faculty & Staff resources/links: Requesting Accommodations, external links to resources (e.g., DisABILITY Resources Toolbox (DART)
Counseling Center:
https://www.jmu.edu/counselingctr/index.shtml
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