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10 steps for making your online courses accessible for all students

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According to a new report, incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes. New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online.

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Improving Accessibility Often Falls to Faculty. Here’s What They Can Do.

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But a common problem prevented that: some faculty have been slow to catch up with technological advances, and many wait until students ask for accomodations rather than having accessible materials from the start. “I That’s especially concerning to her, given assistive technologies alone won’t always help.

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COVID-19 Is Costing Visually Impaired Students Time That Can’t Be Made Up

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A lot of mainstream education tech is not designed with folks with disabilities in mind. Fifty-six percent of the children of survey respondents had disabilities beyond a visual impairment. A huge focus for me is training teachers to use educational technology in a way that’s effective with students that use assistive technology.”

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How a Blind Student Who Felt Locked Out of STEM Classes Challenged—and Changed—Her University

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The agreement also calls for the university to perform an accessibility audit of its technology, hire or designate an official to coordinate access issues, and create a grievance process for “vision-related disability issues” for times when students feel an accommodation is not effective. But I can’t do that.”

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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–Stefany Gurgel, NC3 Master Instructor, Festo and Instructor, Jewish Leadership Academy In the last few years, we have seen a change in workforce needs–there is strong emphasis on skills-based education, technological proficiency, and adaptability.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success.