Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“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.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 53

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

In the United States, there are over 15,000 esports teams in K-12 schools, and many esports teams and programs emphasize access to students with disabilities. Students addressed their own climate anxiety by applying their research skills in designing climate solutions and writing defending arguments to local politicians.

STEM 197

STEM Learning Science Learning Outcomes 197

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? How can institutions create a culture of collaboration to support universal design? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

Accessibility 130

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 130

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Propping up her vigorous routine are the poles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the perfect blend of education technology, ensuring that everything keeps spinning along at the right pace and momentum. One of the tools that kind of started it off for me was Read&Write for Google Chrome. How does she do it?

Education 200

Education Language Languages Disabilities 200

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. You can read part one here. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I write down the anticipated student responses to know when I hear what will allow me to assess student understanding. Since I know this, I write down the directions and expectations in a student-friendly checklist format on all my slides so that students can at least reference them if I am struggling to give coherent directions.

Teachers 182

Teachers Failure Attention Disabilities 182

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? during lessons, and offer students a variety of ways to complete assignments rather than requiring everyone to write a paper or take a timed exam.

Schools 176

Schools Disabilities Exams Distance Learning 176

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). The Universal Design movement came into existence as a response to this research by leading thinkers in the engineering and design professions.

Technology 103

Technology Universal Design Learning Writing 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2019

Thank you, Jane, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, for writing a quick overview of that topic’s intersection with education. . Even though 86% of universities currently educate students with disabilities, only 24% of the schools say that they offer those students assistance “to a major extent.”

Accessibility 89

Accessibility Disabilities Internet Education 89

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). ChatGPT was just the first in a wave of new AI tools designed to mimic human communication via text. Politicians are using ChatGPT to write bills (e.g., “ AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it ”).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). ChatGPT was just the first in a wave of new AI tools designed to mimic human communication via text. Politicians are using ChatGPT to write bills (e.g., “ AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it ”).

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

It is important that situational factors be identified as a key component to make planning decisions since retrofitting ones instructional design, delivery or assessment only after one finds out who is being instructed, are not effective use of faculty time, effort or university resources (Schreiner, Rothernberger and Scoltz, 2013).

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

It is important that situational factors be identified as a key component to make planning decisions since retrofitting ones instructional design, delivery or assessment only after one finds out who is being instructed, are not effective use of faculty time, effort or university resources (Schreiner, Rothernberger and Scoltz, 2013).

Course Design 58

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 58