Project Team
Brendan Riggin, Recreation and Leisure Studies
Donna Kotsopoulos, Faculty of Education, Western University
Boba Samuels, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
Brandon Dickson, Research Assistant, Doctoral Student at The Balsillie School of International Affairs
(Project timeline: September 2023 - August 2024)
Project Summary
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) makes a bold commitment to make Ontario fully accessible by 2025. This means that universities will have to attend to accessibility in all instructional contexts. The aim of this project is to evaluate how the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in two Recreation and Leisure Studies (RLS) courses impacts student success and accessibility. The courses will be delivered face-to-face by the applicant, and all instructional materials will be housed on the Learning Management System (LMS). Learning analytics from the LMS (e.g., student log data) will form the basis of the data collected to illustrate preference for materials and tools. Students will complete a learning preferences inventory (https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/) and engage in reflective writing/narrations to document their experiences and the impact on their learning. The accessibility tools available at https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/resources/accessibility-teaching-0 will be used as guides for the assessment of the OERs.
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