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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. So we were able to extend our Respondus Monitor license, which monitors the students during an exam. We're already in a stressful situation.

Accessibility

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. About universal design for learning. References and Resources Almog, N. CEI (2022).

Syllabus

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

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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

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Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Neither does finishing all the problems in a designated time frame or being able to fit your thinking into a little box at the bottom of a worksheet or exam. Sitting in a chair, still, with both feet down on the floor, looking forward, and not fidgeting, does not equate to how much a student is learning.

Special Education

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College Students With Learning Disabilities Are Asking For More Support. Will They Get It?

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Augustana College in Illinois received increased student requests for academic accommodations, primarily for extended time on exams and quizzes, says Kam Williams, director of disability services. One sign of progress: the workshop Shafner held for faculty over the summer on universal design for learning was well-attended.

Learning Disabilities

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

She tweeted : “In my course on The Holocaust, I gave my students choice between a final project and a final exam. If you want to provide alternative means for demonstrating learning, The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) action and expression guidelines may help you think through how to provide choices to these students.

Assignments

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. About universal design for learning. References and Resources Almog, N. CEI (2022).

Syllabus

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments

Promoting Access to Diverse Learning Opportunities through Open Resources, Equity, and Accessibility

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A study conducted in 2017 (Ng) demonstrated the value of descriptive hyperlinks and stated everyone can benefit from universal design. Assessments should be diverse with less focus on high-stakes exams. Fetter (2021) shared that in her experience with high-stakes exams, after the pandemic they did not make sense.

Accessibility

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review

Promoting Access to Diverse Learning Opportunities through Open Resources, Equity, and Accessibility

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A study conducted in 2017 (Ng) demonstrated the value of descriptive hyperlinks and stated everyone can benefit from universal design. Assessments should be diverse with less focus on high-stakes exams. Fetter (2021) shared that in her experience with high-stakes exams, after the pandemic they did not make sense.

Accessibility

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review

Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17).

Failure

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17).

Failure

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

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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

Technology Universal Design Learning Writing

?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Adaptive technology that depends on algorithms alone is insufficient to foster learner-centric design. After all, one can use the phrase “adaptive” to describe the California DMV computer-based exam because an algorithm dynamically selects the next multiple choice question based on the user’s performance thus far. Is that adaptive?

Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback

Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17). The 74 Million.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus

Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17). The 74 Million.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus

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

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. This can be achieved by offering flexibility in assessment delivery, such as allowing students to choose between a final paper, exam, or other projects, ensuring that they can showcase their learning in a way that works best for them.

Disabilities

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities

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

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. This can be achieved by offering flexibility in assessment delivery, such as allowing students to choose between a final paper, exam, or other projects, ensuring that they can showcase their learning in a way that works best for them.

Disabilities

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities

Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities

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