I decided to comment on Yousuf’s post about universal design in engineering and its inspiration for learning design. I chose to comment on this post because I decided to respond to the same prompt, and I was curious how our blog posts would coincide and differ. liked how Yousuf presented several different examples of universal design in engineering such as voice recognition technology, adjustable-height desks, adjustable furniture, and flexible seating options. I agree with Yousuf’s points about how these technologies can be integrated into a classroom setting to promote accessibility and inclusion.

Yousuf, I was curious if while writing this blog post, you gave any thought to how the concept of flexible seating options would vary in different classroom settings, for example, elementary environments compared to secondary environments. If so, what were those thoughts? If not, how do you think the concept of flexible seating would change in both environments to accommodate the different needs of both groups of students? Based on my own experiences, I recall that in elementary school there was more flexibility in the seating options offered, such as sitting on the carpet, bean bag chairs, etc. relative to my secondary school experiences where it was only desks. What were your experiences like?

I found it interesting how you utilized ChatGPT to kickstart your blog post. I decided to enter the same prompt that you provided, “Give an example of universal design in engineering and explain how it can be used as inspiration for a learning design,” to see how the output would differ on my end. Interestingly enough, the example suggested by ChatGPT was the same example presented in the course readings, “curb cuts.” Nonetheless, the output from ChatGPT reiterated the importance of promoting accessibility and inclusion in learning design. It’s interesting that we entered the same prompt yet obtained different examples, showing the variability of ChatGPT as a resource, and the importance of understanding how the same prompt will not necessarily yield the same results.