Creating an Optimal Learning Environment

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Creating an Optimal Learning Environment

• CAMPUS GUIDELINES
• Dr. Marne Helgesen
• Director of CIE
• Professor of Education
• Purdue University

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CREATING AN OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

• TO DO IT, YOU HAVE TO
• know the mandates
• use the guidelines

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SPECIFIED MANDATES

• DISABILITIES
• HARRASSMENT / DISCRIMINATION
• PRIVACY
• ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

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DISABILITIES

• Mandate Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  Title II of the Americans with Disabilities
  Act, 1990
• Prohibits discrimination based on disabilities,
  i.e., denial of academic adjustments.

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DISABILITIES

• Public entity shall make reasonable
  modifications.. unless it can demonstrate that
  the modifications would fundamentally alter the
  nature of the service, program or activity.

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DISABILITIES

• Guidelines
• Making reasonable accommodations does not mean
  giving unfair advantage to some
• Treating all students the same is not necessarily
  treating them fairly
• Fair means leveling the playing field, so that
  students have an equal opportunity to learn.

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CAMPUS CONNECTIONS

• Center for Instructional Excellence Website
  http//www.cie.purdue.edu
• Office of Dean of Students Adaptive Services
  Website
• http//www.purdue.edu/ODOS

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DISCRIMINATION

• Mandates Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX Education Amendments of 1972
• Prohibit discrimination based on sex, race,
  color, national origin, sexual orientation,
  marital status, age, parenting status, pregnancy,
  campus team membership, etc.

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DISCRIMINATION

• Guidelines
• Dont create or condone a sexually, racially,
  etc. hostile environment
• Remember that harassment is a form of
  discrimination

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DISCRIMINATION

• Be knowledgeable with examples
• unwanted Sexual, etc., gestures, touches and
  advances
• Racial, etc., stories and dirty jokes
• Sexually, racially, etc., explicit drawings,
  posters, written materials
• Allowing age, sexuality, etc., explicit classroom
  comments

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DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION

• Know what it is
• Ask respected colleagues when unsure
• Dont do it
• Dont allow it
• Take action against it once it occurs

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RIGHT TO PRIVACY

• Mandate Family Educational Rights and
  Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974
• Protects the privacy of student education records
• It is the right of students to have restricted,
  the disclosure of personally identifiable
  educational records.

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RIGHT TO PRIVACY

• Guidelines
• Do not use student names, e-mail addresses, or
  SSNs when posting grades.
• Do not draw attention to individual grades.

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

• Mandate Student Code of Honor, Purdue
  University University Regulations, 2008 2009
• The purpose of the Purdue University academic
  community is to search for the truth..

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Academic Integrity, continued

• Self-discipline and a sense of social obligation
  within each individual are necessary for the
  fulfillment of this goal
• Students who knowingly assist in any form of
  dishonesty are equally as guilty as students who
  accept such assistance.

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MANDATES SUMMARIZED

• DISABILITIES
• HARRASSMENT / DISCRIMINATION
• PRIVACY
• ACADEMIC INTEGRITY