Equitable Access and Technology

The emergence of the learning commons suggests the following points to ensure greater equitable access to students... https://www.accessola.org/WEB/OLAWEB/OSLA/Together_for_Learning/The_Learning_Commons.aspx

Examine the concepts behind differentiated learning and reflect it in your collection

• I will have to look into this as I have no idea if differentiated learning is reflected in the learning materials

Develop a plan for purchasing both physical and virtual resources that meet the needs expressed by learners based on ongoing gap analysis

• Again another area where I am clueless as to what the purchasing plan for the school is.

Encourage the placement of assistive technology and assistive devices in the Learning Commons

• Currently the assistive technology is located in the classrooms dedicated to the special education students. I think it would be great to have this technology available in the learning commons as well though I know students need it constantly when working in their classroom so I'm not sure how the logistics of this would work.

Looking through  - What is a Learning Commons, Anyway http://aslc.ca/blog/what-is-a-learning-commons-anyway -  I see that our library has already been doing a lot of the fluid and flexible things that a learning commons is expected to do. ex. We had a drumming teacher come in to teach the students how to drum. We hold all of our professional development meetings in the library. We hold student project displays for walk about.