{"id":15,"date":"2017-02-13T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:00:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UDL@Dawson is more than a concept! It\u2019s also a research team and a lively learning community.<\/h2>\n<h5>UDL@Dawson: The Research Team<\/h5>\n<p>The UDL@Dawson team, previously known as \u00c9quipe CL\u00c9, is a team made up of two teachers in the French department (Catherine Soleil and Laure Galipeau) and a professional in the Student AccessAbility Centre (Effie Konstantinopoulos). This team was created in Winter\u00a02011, thanks to institutional funding, in an effort to create an inclusive learning environment at the college level.<\/p>\n<p>In their research on <span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>inclusion<\/strong><\/span>, they came across <a href=\"http:\/\/udloncampus.cast.org\/home\">the UDL model<\/a>, a model they soon embraced as a means to respond to the needs of all students from the perspective of inclusive pedagogy. After much reflection on the course delivery, evaluation of student competencies and student engagement, Laure Galipeau and Catherine Soleil have been implementing the model in their classrooms since Winter 2012. The team has since received a PAREA research grant (2014 &#8211; 2017) to measure \u201c<em>Impacts de la conception universelle de l\u2019apprentissage (CUA) en salle de classe sur le fran\u00e7ais \u00e9crit en FLS\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the research project are now available and a <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.eduq.info\/xmlui\/bitstream\/handle\/11515\/36229\/galipeau-konstantinopoulos-soleil-impact-applications-cua-ecrit-fls-PAREA-2018.pdf?sequence=2&amp;isAllowed=y\">report<\/a> has been published and made available on the site of the Centre de documentation coll\u00e9giale (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>Further, since its creation, the team has actively participated in Dawson\u2019s Ped Days.<\/p>\n<p>Since Winter\u00a02016, the team has also been invited by a number of colleges and agencies in the network to present workshops within the scope of its research on pedagogical applications of the UDL model.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Montmorency<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/udlDawson-e1494264303533.jpeg\" alt=\"UDL@Dawson logo\" width=\"184\" height=\"153\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Champlain St-Lawrence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RASCALS Colloquium\u00a02016\/Keynote speakers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drummondville<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoriaville<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AQPC<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CCSI<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ACFAS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>UDL@Dawson: a Lively Learning Community<\/h5>\n<p>The research team began to lead this learning community and launched <span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>UDL@Dawson<\/strong><\/span> in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Every winter semester, a new UDL@Dawson group is formed. Members meet on a regular basis throughout the semester to further their understanding of the model and to reflect on <span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>inclusive pedagogy<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Since its creation, it has brought together 27 members, including faculty members in various disciplines within general education and career programs, as well as professionals.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-320\" src=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/IMG_3980-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"A working session, W15\" width=\"233\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/IMG_3980-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/IMG_3980-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/IMG_3980-720x960.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/IMG_3980-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Fall, <span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>UDL@Dawson<\/strong><\/span> community members who want to <span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>implement the model<\/strong><\/span> in one of their courses are given the opportunity to do so, with the pedagogical support of the UDL@Dawson research team and thanks to the release time that the College grants each of the members involved.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>The ultimate objective of the community is to become the leading advocate of the UDL paradigm and to provide support to its members in their journey towards inclusion.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\"\/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #568dc4\">2019 Cohort<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economics, Humanities, Philosophy, Physical Education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #568dc4\">2018 Cohort<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-Learning, French, History, Physics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #568dc4\">2017 Cohort<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English, History, Journeys, Physics, Physiotherapy, Student AccessAbility Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>2016 Cohort<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>English, Library, PhysEd, French, Humanities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #568dc4\"><strong>2015 Cohort<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Spanish, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Student AccessAbility Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a9Photo Credit for banner: Sarah de Guzman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UDL@Dawson is more than a concept! It\u2019s also a research team and a lively learning community. UDL@Dawson: The Research Team The UDL@Dawson team, previously known as \u00c9quipe CL\u00c9, is a team made up of two teachers in the French department (Catherine Soleil and Laure Galipeau) and a professional in the Student AccessAbility Centre (Effie Konstantinopoulos)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/udl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}