Inclusive learning design is essential in allowing the student to understand better the concepts that he or she is being taught. It has been described as a situation whereby all the students placed in classes that are age-appropriate for them all to relay high-quality instructions, interventions, and supportive curriculum. At the end of the day, the process allows students to be informed on different skills such as time management, decision-making skills as well as ways to improve oneself (Centre, 2017). One of the main concepts of inclusive learning design is the use of a variety of instructional formats that will be flexible with diverse students. Some students are quick to learn using a certain teaching design such as experiments while others are quick to learn by the use of theories. It must incorporate different instructional methods to have optimal results.
The other main idea of inclusive learning design has to be accessible to academic curricular content. Students have the liberty to engage in group discussions which is an integral part of enabling the students to understand the content better. This way the students can learn of the instructions and implement them by starting the activities (McManis, 2020). This will not only keep the latter in track for the lessons but will also allow a better learning experience. The other main idea for inclusive learning has to be the emotional aspects of the learning process. Students must be emotionally stable for them to be able to learn. This entails engaging in activities that will not negatively affect students. Also, the social activities that can be done in discussion groups play an important aspect of inclusive learning design.
During my study and review of the inclusive learning design and my experience through it, I have realized that there are some aspects that I found hard to comprehend. They are the main issues that border the entire process of inclusive learning design (Centre, 2017). One is how to deal with the instance of death. This may either one of the students, tutors, friends or other people in close proximity. It is not outlined well how any of the instances should be handled. However, it is important to recognize the effect of death on the learning process.
One of the other aspects that I found hard to comprehend is how rigid the curriculum will help in improving the students becoming better. Some of the curricula in the design are extremely rigid by the fact that it does allow for any form of experimentation (Centre, 2017). It is extremely hard for students to decipher some of the concepts if it does not include other aspects such as experimentation.
One of the issues that were not discussed in the module is the issue of gender. It is essential to understand in the current world, gender orientation has been diversified which means it is not any longer the basic male and female genders. In the universal learning design, it is essential to be sensitive to such matters since its bound to affect some of the students who have diverse gender orientation (McManis, 2020). This is one of the issues that need to be included in the universal learning design.
References
Centre, I. D. (2017). FLOE Inclusive Learning Design Handbook. Retrieved from LINS: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-1004
McManis, L. D. (2020, January 15). Inclusive Education: What It Means, Proven Strategies, and a Case Study. Retrieved from Share.com: https://blog.sharetolearn.com/classroom-resources/inclusive-education/