Knowledge Learning Disabilities Universal Design 
Faculty Focus
MAY 18, 2025
Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills. Support colleagues with disabilities. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 16, 2015
New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online. UDL is tough enough in a face-to-face environment, but the real challenge might be how to implement the principles in an online world where students’ abilities and learning styles differ drastically. Knowing Where to Start.
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Edsurge
APRIL 30, 2020
Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Jennifer, as an instructional designer, are there particular concerns that you look out for? Albat: As Stephanie mentioned, reading is one of them.
Faculty Focus
MAY 18, 2025
Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills. Support colleagues with disabilities. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 13, 2023
of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability. iii] [iv] ; furthermore, 19% of US undergraduate students reported having a disability, and of these, 35% reported a learning disability [v] for 2016 (the most current data we could find). Learning spaces I. Digital Accessibility​.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 13, 2023
of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability. iii] [iv] ; furthermore, 19% of US undergraduate students reported having a disability, and of these, 35% reported a learning disability [v] for 2016 (the most current data we could find). Learning spaces I. Digital Accessibility​.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 1, 2023
Keep in mind that while some of the students in these examples might have a documented disability accommodation that requires an alternative form assessment, not all students who rely on technology as an aid for their thinking, communication, or learning have a documented disability to get the same accommodations.
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