Learning Disabilities Testing Universal Design 
Faculty Focus
MAY 18, 2025
Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Consider changing assessments from high-stakes timed tests to projects, homework, open-note/open-book take-home tests. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 28, 2020
College students with learning disabilities experienced a sudden rupture of the status quo this spring when most of their courses moved online. In some cases, the change interfered with the coping strategies students use to learn. They had no choice but to give open-book and take-home tests,” she says.
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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.
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. So one of the challenges we've really been dealing with is test security because of course everyone wants to go right to ProctorU and have that live proctoring experience.
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? For more information, Del Tufo recommends the universal design for learning research of Anne Meyer and David Rose. And the ACT?
Faculty Focus
MAY 18, 2025
Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Consider changing assessments from high-stakes timed tests to projects, homework, open-note/open-book take-home tests. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 1, 2023
Tate and colleagues (2023) asserted that the use of AI chatbots could be advantageous for those who struggle to write well, including non-native speakers and individuals with language or learning disabilities. Learning about AI means providing students with the opportunity to critically interrogate AI technologies.
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