The Impact of Visual Content: Meeting the Needs of the Neurodiverse Population - Thursday, July 11 at 11:00 am

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As instructors in higher education, we are asked to meet the learning needs of a wide range of students, including the neurodiverse student population. The Universal Design of Learning framework calls for providing varied course content to achieve that. However, without clear guidelines, this can be daunting, especially for higher education courses that have been traditionally text-heavy by design.
One way to vary course content is to shift some learning content from text to visual content. Visual content can improve student engagement, information retention, and problem-solving skills.
Increasing visual content in Canvas online courses does not need to be technically challenging and time-consuming. In this session, I highlighted easy-to-use tools that work well in Canvas courses. These tools can help instructors create interactive images, infographics, timelines, and resource organizers that can be linked or embedded on Canvas pages.

The slides from this session are included in the resources below. I included examples and hints for using the various tools on the Commons site.

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Presentation Resources on Commons

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Meet Mary Jane, an instructional design and technology specialist with the Office for University Online Education Services, who has worked primarily at Rutgers University Camden since October 2022. With a rich background in education, she has worked with learners of all ages and backgrounds, from preschool to middle school, high school, college, and beyond. Beginning her career as a nutritional educator for adults, Mary Jane transitioned into public education. Certified as a Family and Consumer Science and Pre-K - 3 teacher, she has nine years of public school teaching experience under her belt. Mary Jane is also an adjunct instructor, teaching an undergraduate course on sustainable fashion she designed in an online asynchronous format for Stockton and as a face-to-face seminar course for the Honors College at Rutgers Camden. Mary Jane's educational journey reflects her multidisciplinary approach. She holds an MA in Instructional Technology from Stockton University, a BS in Applied Nutrition from Penn State, a BS in Textile Development and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and an AAS in Fashion Design from Rowan College at Burlington County. Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate in education with a concentration in the design of learning environments at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education.