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Social platforms as Tools for Inclusive Pedagogy: Case of Perusall for Collaborative Reading
Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies (2024)
  • Comfort M Ateh
Abstract

 Extant literature is replete on the importance of inclusive pedagogy, which is crucial in engaging every student irrespective of their background to have access to knowledge. Although social platforms like Perusall aim at collaborative reading and enhance students’ engagement in reading, literature is sparce on the extent to which these tools accommodate the learning needs of diverse learners. This study is a contribution to close the gap by exploring the Perusall website, research reports on Perusall, and the author’s personal experience with Perusall to determine features of the platform that can contribute to diverse learners engaging in collaborative reading. This paper focuses on features in Perusall that can enhance accommodation of learning needs for diverse learners and discusses how instructors can be intentional in leveraging the features to be inclusive for collaborative reading and learning in diverse learners. The paper highlights the features of Perusall that instructors can leverage through the lens of Universal Design for Learning that defines multiple forms of representations, engagement, and actions at the core of inclusive pedagogy.
Keywords
  • Inclusivity,
  • Diversity,
  • Social platform,
  • Perusall,
  • Collaborative reading
Publication Date
May 28, 2024
DOI
10.19080
Citation Information
Comfort M Ateh. "Social platforms as Tools for Inclusive Pedagogy: Case of Perusall for Collaborative Reading" Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies Vol. 10 Iss. 3 (2024) ISSN: 2641-838X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/comfort_ateh/36/