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?
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
2.3.4.5.
University of Massachusetts Boston