Students with Disabilities on Campus

What are other universities doing?

Do it: University of Washington http://www.washington.edu/doit/

Provide: College Transition Disability Awareness Internship & Practicum Access Library & Lab Accessibility Universal Design

classroom instructionuniversity-wide technology systems

University Models: Student Support beyond Academic Support

California State University campuses website working group

Http://www.udluniverse.com/ Application of UDL  to enhance teaching and

learning Utilization of accessible instructional media and

practices Awareness of assistive technology enablers and

barriers 

University Models: Student Support beyond Academic Support

Boston Collegehttp://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/its/projects/udl/udl-resources.html

Campus-wide Advisory Committee & Task Force

UDL for instructional improvements

Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility

Conferences on access

University Models: Student Support beyond Academic Support

Postsecondary Site, on CAST website, highlighting UDL efforts nationwide

http://www.udlcenter.org/implementation/postsecondary

National Center on Universal Design for Learning

UDL is “a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice that … provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways students are engaged” (20 U.S.C. § 1003(24)).  

What is UMassBoston’s plan to implement UDL?

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA),

Davies et al., (2013) Measuring the Effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning Intervention in Postsecondary Education. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 26(3), 195 - 220

http://ahead.org/uploads/publications/JPED/jped26_3/JPED26_3_Full%20Document.pdf#page=7

UDL Article on Effective Practicesmentioned during CIT seminar

Next steps for us?1. School for Global Inclusion & Social Development and IBM: Collaborative Innovation Center on Accessibility

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University of Massachusetts Boston