Future Directions

Our UDL experience has challenged and shaped us. It has provided us with a framework for curricular discussion that is more than content. We learned that attention to content coupled with attention to learning outcomes and student assessment and engagement through the lens of multiplicity increases the possibility of effective and long-lasting student learning.

Going forward, we can use this lived experience with IK and UDL to continue Indigenizing curriculum in new areas. Robin has taken on a new assignment at the Trent School of Business. He is re-imagining the required first-year School of Business course, ADMN 100H, which has an annual enrollment of 500 students. Using a UDL-informed process, he and his colleagues discuss course objectives, outcomes, assessments and materials. He is using these discussions to start the process of Indigenizing the Business School curriculum. David has done the same in the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies by Indigenizing the core course in the MA in Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies.