Students with Disabilities on Campus W hat are other universities doing?

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Students with Disabilities on Campus What are other universities doing?

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Students with Disabilities on Campus

What are other universities doing?

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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

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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

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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

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Postsecondary Site, on CAST website, highlighting UDL efforts nationwide

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

National Center on Universal Design for Learning

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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),

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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

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

2.3.4.5.

University of Massachusetts Boston