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Marketplace trend update: 6 new products, teaching strategies, and learning initiatives

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The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions.

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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. So we were able to extend our Respondus Monitor license, which monitors the students during an exam. We're already in a stressful situation. Physical accessibility.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

Edsurge

Fellows explicitly called out the need for college leaders to do more to support and provide access to high-quality education to groups such as low-income students, students of color, students with disabilities and mental health issues, refugees, first-generation college students and women and non-binary students.

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Having accessible documents and resources is a critical part of inclusion and equity in education as it allows those with a disability to obtain the information without complications. Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. The class loves this!

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Having accessible documents and resources is a critical part of inclusion and equity in education as it allows those with a disability to obtain the information without complications. Illustration 3 : Excerpt of chapter 2 quiz Heck, I even award Pokémon card packs* to the highest exam scores. The class loves this!