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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

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Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. In this article, we will examine ability/disability as a characteristic of human diversity in education as illustrated by Cushner et al. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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10 steps for making your online courses accessible for all students

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New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online. 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.

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

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For the core courses, PGA employs its own local teachers, who oversee instruction for students whether learning at home or at school. For the elective courses offered through FuelEd, PGA uses FuelEd’s certified instructors. FuelEd really listens to us,” said Hiebsch. “I They are flexible and responsive to what we want and need.”.

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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. What are some of the accessibility needs college students have that instructors, researchers and course designers should be thinking about when moving courses online?

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? Instructors who have questions or concerns should feel free to contact such offices themselves. Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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On a positive note, such tools could greatly assist students with learning disabilities. At the college level, Bowen sees potential wins for faculty in the near future, if, say, tools like learning management systems add AI features that can do tasks like build a course website after the instructor feeds it a syllabus.

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‘Precision Education’ Hopes to Apply Big Data to Lift Diverse Student Groups

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It’s actually quite challenging as an instructor,” he says. He’ll design short quizzes to test each concept, and make a menu of choices for students to turn to when the results show they need to learn more. It’s kind of like one of those questions like ‘Why is the sky blue?’ When you go to actually answer it it gets complicated.”