Accessible Instruction for College Courses:
Universal Design Techniques for Engaging Diverse Learners in
Postsecondary Education
Connecting all learners by imparting knowledge using a variety of teaching strategies and evaluation measures ~
Many factors affect how students learn. Relevant
variables may include disability, learning style, cultural and
racial heritage, age, gender and other factors not specifically
identified here. Universal Design for Instruction is an inclusive
model that uses a variety of teaching methods to reach a diverse
group of learners, including students with disabilities.
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and
Technology:
The Faculty Room - University of Washington
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Universal/
The Ohio State University Partnership Grant, Fast Facts for
Faculty
http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/undesign.html
Applying Universal Instructional Design - University of
Minnesota
http://ds.umn.edu/faculty/applyingUID.html
Working Together: A Message for Faculty, El Paso Community
College
http://www.epcc.edu/csd/WorkingTogetherAMessageforFaculty/tabid/2408/Default.aspx?PageContentID=203
Universal Design Education Online
http://www.udeducation.org/index.asp
Note - the article on Universal Design in Education: Teaching
Non-traditional Students
General Guidelines for Designing Accessible Classrooms
http://drc.arizona.edu/teach/accessible-classes.html
Facultyware - Tools for the Universal Design of Instruction
http://www.facultyware.uconn.edu
Universal Design: Promoting Access to Instruction For All
Students
University of California, Berkeley
http://dsptrio.berkeley.edu/universal_design.html
Bowe, F. G. (2000). Universal design in education: Teaching nontraditional students. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
Tincani, M. (2004). Improving outcomes for college
students with disabilities: Ten strategies for
instructors. College Teaching, 52(4), 128-132.
"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to
discover ability in others is the true test. ~ Elbert
Hubbard
"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done,
it was done." ~ Helen Keller
(A document produced by the North Dakota Disability Services Council in the Spring of 2007)