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UDL: Universal Design for Learning

Lance Eaton

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Imagine If You Will...

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What is Your Experience and Familiarity with Accessibility and Universal Design for learning?

And “none” or “I’m not sure” are totally reasonable answers.

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How I Got To UDL

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  1. How can one read comics if they can’t see?
  2. How long does it take to navigate to a page?
  3. How many have unrealized disabilities?
  4. How many benefit from a UDL approach?
  5. Who are our students?

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Students Today

  • Non-traditional students
  • First generation students
  • Low SES students
  • International students

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Students Today

  • Increased undocumented students
  • Significant amount of students in remedial courses
  • About 26% of people in the US have a disability
  • 20% of college students have a disability

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Changes in Populations with Disabilities

  • Increased mental health disabilities (depression, bi-polar, OCD, anxiety)
  • 7% of students report struggling with a chronic health (Crohn's, allergies, diabetes, arthritis) disability
  • 20.6% of college students with disabilities are also Veterans
  • Increasing number of students with autism

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Medical vs. Social Model of Disability

  • Medical Model - Problem is the person; cure-oriented
  • Social Model - Problem is the society; social-action oriented�

Source & Additional Models: https://www.disabled-world.com/definitions/disability-models.php

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Thinking Differently About Learning

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UDL & Social Justice

Universal Design for Learning

Social Justice

Empowering the full potential of all our students despite systematic disadvantages.

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Why does Accessibility matter?

  1. All students benefit from accessibility practices.
  2. If a student cannot access the learning materials and opportunities, they can’t engage or learn.
  3. Accessibility & UDL are about lowering artificial barriers, not lowering standards.
  4. Accessibility meets the legal requirements, but can still create unnecessary obstacles.

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Discuss

What accessibility tools, structures, or resources do you regularly use or benefit from?

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Accessibility As Continuum

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Closed

Accessible

UDL

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Defined

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The “why” of learning The “what” of learning The “how” of learning

CAST - UDL Guidelines

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So how do we design and teach for all our learners?

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Easy Wins

  1. Alt-Tags
    1. Describe what they need to know
  2. Text documents
    • Scans
    • Accessibility Checks
  3. Powerpoints
    • Templates help
    • Accessibility Checks
  4. Use of colors

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Easy Wins

  1. Closed Captions
    1. Check if they have them.
    2. Find alternative content (library).
    3. Create them (Amara, YouTube captioning)
  2. Link clearly
  3. New vs. Retrofitting

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Strategic Advances

  1. Course Walk-through Video
  2. Visual Syllabus
  3. Options
    1. Choice of learning materials
    2. Choice of discussion questions
    3. Choice of assignments
    4. Choice of demonstrating learning
  4. Opportunities for Risk-Taking
  5. Self-checks

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Resources for questions & Support

  • Accessibility Services
  • Librarians
  • Instructional Designers
  • Online Communities (e.g. Twitter: #UDLchat)

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Questions...

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UDL: Universal Design for Learning

Lance Eaton

lance.eaton@gmail.com

@leaton01

http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com

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