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I enjoyed listening to @anngagne’s latest Accessagogy podcast episode first thing this morning. The topic is on (De)Radicalizing Accessibility and I loved the reminder that the word radical comes from a word meaning root or foundation. Ann also shares the ways in which she's drawn from the works of bell hooks and Kevin Gannon in her framing of the word radical.

Accessagogy Episode:
https://anngagne.ca/podcast/episode-51-deradicalizing-accessibility/

Radical Hope, by Kevin Gannon
https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781949199512

Episode 51- (De)Radicalizing Accessibility

In this episode we discuss how accessibility is seen as radical in terms of outlier, instead of radical as foundational, which is what it means etymologically. I provide 3 areas where we can reflec…

Ann Gagné, PhD

Ann Gagne Dec 14

My last blog post of 2025 provides 8 pedagogical resolutions for 2026. They are actions (both big and small) that will hopefully resonate in your particular contexts and move us towards more inclusive spaces at time when choices and narratives create more disconnection. [1245 words]
https://allthingspedagogical.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026-pedagogical-resolutions.html

2026 Pedagogical Resolutions

For this last blog post of 2025 I wanted to reflect on some pedagogical resolutions that would be important for 2026, even though I am not r...

Ann Gagne May 31, 2025

Rajiv Jhangiani May 30, 2025

Exciting news: Brock University's Senate has formally approved and adopted an ethical framework for educational technologies.

See: https://brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/Brock-University-ethical-educational-technologies-framework-approved-by-Senate-May-28-2025.pdf

Ann Gagne Mar 20, 2025

Accessibility Awareness Mar 20, 2025

Dyscalculia is a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand. To help people who struggle with numbers, explain what numbers mean and add context about why the numbers matter. Remove unnecessary numbers, and avoid decimal places unless it's money.

Ann Gagne Mar 16, 2025

Episode 39 of Accessagogy is out with a discussion of different bodyminds in academe and what we can do to acknowledge that we all come to our different spaces with different needs (and that those needs can fluctuate often). Episode length 10:58. #Accessibility https://anngagne.ca/podcast/episode-39-bodyminds-in-academe/

Episode 39- Bodyminds in Academe

In this episode we will explore three things to reflect on to make our academic spaces inclusive of different bodyminds. We discuss the importance of remembering that the teaching team comes to spa…

Ann Gagné, PhD

Ann Gagne Nov 3, 2024

Episode 31 of Accessagogy is up with a discussion of Access Friction and how this appears in some of our #HigherEd spaces. [Episode length 10:37]

https://anngagne.ca/podcast/episode-31-access-friction/

Episode 31- Access Friction

In this episode we will discuss what access friction is and how it can appear for students, instructors, staff in our educational environments. We will explore physical and technological aspects th…

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Ann Gagne Sep 22, 2024

Episode 28 of Accessagogy is up with a discussion of accessible rubrics. If you're in #HigherEd you will have noticed that the #accessibility conversation doesn't necessarily extend to rubrics. We talk clarity and transparency, but I feel accessibility is more than that. https://anngagne.ca/podcast/episode-28-accessible-rubrics/

Episode 28- Accessible Rubrics

In this episode, we will discuss three aspects to consider when creating rubrics for your assignments so that they are more accessible. We will also talk about how to operationalize bringing in stu…

Ann Gagné, PhD

Ann Gagne Sep 8, 2024

I'm back with Season 3 of Accessagogy. In this episode I delve into four considerations to support a more accessible syllabus. [Episode length 12:50] https://anngagne.ca/podcast/episode-27-accessible-syllabi/

Episode 27-Accessible Syllabi

In this episode, the introduction to Season 3 of Accessagogy, we talk about four different considerations when creating syllabi or outlines so that they can be more accessible. It focuses on the ac…

Ann Gagné, PhD

Ann Gagne Apr 14, 2024

Rua M. Williams Apr 13, 2024

If you are a qualitative researcher and you put data into any LLM, but especially Chat GPT to "help" with analysis, you are being conned and violating privacy and data protection ethics writ large.

If you are REVIEWING qualitative research and the authors discuss using chatGPT in their methods and you think this is somehow more rigorous and reliable than traditional inductive methods then you are not qualified to review that or any other qualitative study.

If you are an IRB staffer and you approve studies which will put participant data into chatGPT or any other LLM that is not completely internally controlled and disconnected from cloud services. WHAT THE FUCK.

#LLM #chatGPT #DataEthics #ResearchEthics

Ann Gagne Apr 11, 2024

theADHDacademic Apr 11, 2024

If you want to be an ally to neurodivergent folks, one thing you can do is stop applying your neurotypical, ableist social norms. That's a fine place to start.

#ADHD #Neurodivergent