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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities. As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions.

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The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

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Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ). To assist with this, my students and I co-wrote a freely available, open access book, “ Teaching with Digital Tools and Apps.”

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities. As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions.

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Coronavirus Has Led to a Rush of Online Teaching. Here’s Some Advice for Newly Remote Instructors

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Often the college already pays for access to one of them. Either put the video on YouTube and share the link, or use a service that manages streaming, which some colleges already buy access to, she adds. I love what many of the universal design for learning people say. Let's start with some small things.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

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What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures? Once a microlecture is recorded, it is important to ensure that it will be accessible to all learners. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

What should faculty consider with regards to captioning and sharing microlectures? Once a microlecture is recorded, it is important to ensure that it will be accessible to all learners. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press.