Adventures in Disability Culture

Description

This project aims to reimagine the way disability culture is taught and experienced in the classroom. By creating a 12-chapter, cutting-edge technology e-book, Kaur and Beebe intend to provide an immersive, multimedia experience. Each chapter of the e-book will offer various pathways, allowing students to explore topics, such as disability poetry or visual arts, in a highly interactive manner.

“While disability culture is a lively and an ever-present phenomenon, teaching and learning of it is often organized in ways that separate the learner from a cultural experience of disability,” Kaur said. To address the problem, the project will prioritize being a “multimedial gateway into the experience of disability culture for those who wish to learn, teach or engage with disability experience through disability art, disability history and disability theory.”

This project not only supports Penn State’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion but also promotes the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to make learning accessible to a broad audience.

Cohort

2024-2026

Focus Area

Generative AI
Theme: Open Educational Resources