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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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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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Leveraging collaborative e-learning to support UDL

eSchool News

One significant development is collaborative e-learning, which integrates social interactions among peers and teachers. From podcasts, YouTube captions, personalized learning dashboards, and social annotation, teachers now have a variety of e-learning methods at their disposal.

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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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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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How to Assess Inclusiveness in Teaching

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Even the best teachers fail on a regular basis, but good ones learn from those hiccups and adjust. Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area. The text of your syllabus and course design. And the subtext of your syllabus. Put another way, both teaching and learning are messy.

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The case for ChatGPT as the ultimate educator’s toolkit

eSchool News

Yet, by 1979, nine million children were watching the show , and kindergarten teachers had to upgrade their curricula because children were showing up knowing their ABCs and numbers and eager to learn more. If you are a classroom educator, you might consider adding a note in your syllabus about the appropriate use of AI tools (example here ).

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