How does this article inform your future work in the CoLab?
This article made me think a lot about accessibility. How can I make students’ experience at the CoLab one where their needs are met? I want to focus on how I can help people find ways around financial and learning difficulties, and help them feel empowered in their learning. I also hope to offer ideas to faculty who are looking for creative ways to problem solve accessibility in their classrooms.
What questions do the article inspire?
What would it look like for students and educators to focus on sympathy instead of empathy in an educational setting/learning model?
How can universities better provide for faculty in times of trial (such as the Covid-19 pandemic) so that faculty can provide for students?
How can students help their learning be more accessible? Do students have a role in cultivating accessibility?
Can you provide a different perspective?
I believe that accessibility is not just preventing denied access to education, but also preventing discouraged access to education. Accessibility includes creating a welcoming and safe environment for people of colour, queer folx, ESL students etc. Marginalized people can be discouraged from pursuing education due to exclusive rhetoric and college culture, ill equipped support systems, gatekeeping of resources and oppression within the institution.