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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people. Collaborate with an ADA coordinator to educate students and colleagues about accessibility on your campus. Jennifer E. Garland, Ph.

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5 ways to leverage UDL for student inclusivity

eSchool News

In recent years, general education teachers have joined special education teachers in emphasizing the need for inclusivity in the classroom. By creating inclusive classrooms, educators aim to foster learning environments that are equitable and nurturing to every student. Use Varied Strategies to Present Content.

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#6: 5 ways to leverage UDL for student inclusivity

eSchool News

In recent years, general education teachers have joined special education teachers in emphasizing the need for inclusivity in the classroom. By creating inclusive classrooms, educators aim to foster learning environments that are equitable and nurturing to every student. Use varied strategies to present content.

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Summarized transcription versus real-time captioning: What’s best?

eSchool News

They offer real-time summarized transcripts for lectures, meetings, and live events, either remotely or in the classroom. This not only aligns with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles but also showcases a commitment to inclusive education.

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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

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About 14 percent of all public school students receive special education services, and for many of them the switch to remote learning has been difficult on families and the schools that teach them every day. What is Universal Design for Learning? So it’s not always a lecture. How are schools adjusting?

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Special Ed Students Have Lost Many Services. Here’s How SEL Strategies Can Help.

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All teachers and students are currently experiencing challenges with accessibility, the promotion of emotional and physical wellness, and academic progress—issues that the special education community knows all too well. Can best practice be translated to this way of educating? And our teachers are under tremendous pressure.

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With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

Edsurge

And most critically, are the materials appropriately differentiated for students who learn and think differently, and have they been universally designed with learner variability in mind? is Executive Director and Chief Scientist at EdTogether and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.