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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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Leveraging collaborative e-learning to support UDL

eSchool News

E-learning via web-based platforms has become so important in order to give teachers and students flexibility with educational resources and the ability to collaborate anywhere. Each type should offer UDL principles to create inclusive and accessible educational experiences.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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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. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision. For that,] a text-to-speech software saves us.