When students struggle in our courses, it's easy to jump to conclusions
about why. This interactive webinar introduces faculty to a blend of
structured troubleshooting approaches developed by Jennifer Pusateri,
Ph.D. and Zachary Smith that leverages the Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) framework to identify and address barriers to student success.
Rather than defaulting to student-focused explanations for student
struggles, faculty will learn a five-step process—Naming, Blaming,
Reframing, Taming, and Claiming—that shifts the focus to solutions that
are course design based. Through this mindset shift, faculty can explore
how to analyze course challenges, consider alternative explanations for
student struggles, and implement evidence-based UDL strategies to
enhance learning for all students.
