What Learning Activities Help Student Veterans Succeed?
Simpson College has an increasing number of students who are veterans transitioning back to civilian life. After viewing this video, you’ll be able to implement learning activities to help student veterans succeed, understand and explain the differences between military and academic decision making and communication, and help student veterans learn how to reflect and write for an academic rather than a military environment.
How Do I Accommodate Student Veterans with Disabilities?
This video will provide you with an idea of what it feels like to have a variety of different cognitive disorders. More importantly, it will teach you how making simple adjustments to the way you teach face-to-face will make it easier for student veterans to succeed. You will learn to recognize the impact acquired disabilities have on students, discern the difference between associative and cognitive tasks, and understand the impact of acquired disabilities on learning.
How Do I Design Courses to Enhance Student Veterans’ Success?
After viewing this video, you will be able to redesign your courses to support success for student veterans, use course design to help student veterans make the most of their strengths, adapt everything from course objectives to syllabus design to support student veterans, use classroom technology to improve course design and delivery, and improve educational opportunities for student veterans by implementing the basic Principles of Universal Design.
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