scholarly journals Familiarity, Current Use, and Interest in Universal Design for Learning Among Online University Instructors

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl D Westine ◽  
Beth Oyarzun ◽  
Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell ◽  
Amanda Casto ◽  
Cornelia Okraski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Online Faculty ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Survey Results

This study investigated online faculty familiarity, course design use, and professional development interest regarding universal design for learning (UDL) guidelines. The researchers surveyed all 2017 to 2018 online faculty at a large university in the southeastern United States. Findings included 71.6% of faculty reporting familiarity with at least one UDL guideline, with most respondents indicating familiarity with guidelines relating to perception, expression, and communication. Faculty reported the highest implementation of UDL guidelines was for those suggesting options for comprehension as well as expression and communication; the lowest implementation was for those suggesting options for physical action as well as language and support. Survey results also indicated high to moderate interest in learning more about all UDL guidelines, with emphasis on comprehension, persistence, and expression. This study suggests that faculty members desire UDL training and offers possibilities for planning and implementing such professional development in areas targeted to best meet the needs of online faculty.

Establishing Considerations for Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility in Online Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 474-495
Author(s):  
Aisha S. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
University Support

Students with and without disabilities are enrolling in online courses. Universal design for learning (UDL) and accessibility strategies should be implemented proactively when designing and developing online courses. Quality assurance and accessibility standards, university support, professional development, and instructional designers are important for instructors to successfully design online courses and teach online. The purpose of this chapter is to provide educators with strategies for implementing UDL and accessibility in online courses.

scholarly journals Filipino Science Teachers’ Evaluation on Webinars’ Alignments to Universal Design for Learning and Their Relation to Self-Efficacy amidst the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-451
Author(s):  
Mary Dane F. Leonardo ◽  
Jeongho Cha
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has led teachers in the Philippines to rely on technology to provide and support continued education for K-12 students. However, it is not only technology, but also the interactive online learning environments crafted by teachers that impact student science learning. To support teachers to cope with pandemic teaching, the government provided professional development in the form of teacher-training webinars. This study evaluated the webinars using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to understand the impact these professional development sessions had on science teachers’ self-efficacy for delivering science instruction during the pandemic. The study found that webinars including UDL design elements improved science teachers’ self-efficacy for teaching science and there were no significant differences in teacher perceptions relative to gender or teaching experience. Implications for the use of UDL to design long-term professional development offerings beyond the pandemic are discussed.

Administrative Factors in Design and Delivery of Open and Distance Learning Course Materials

2018 ◽  
pp. 117-145
Author(s):  
Hakan Altinpulluk ◽  
Hakan Kilinc
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Universal Design For Instruction ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
The Disabled

Principles of the Universal Design for Instruction (UDI) can be applied to open and distance education systems as an approach derived from universal design principles. UDI can be used not only for the disabled learners in open and distance education institutions but also for the creation of accessible learning environments for all learners. Within the scope of this study, the history and features of universal design principles in the field of architecture are explained first; then, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Universal Instructional Design (UID) and UDI concepts, which are educational adaptations of universal design principles, are examined in detail. In the last section, management processes of open and distance education systems, examples of universal design in open and distance education and managerial processes in course design and delivery, are examined. In this way; modern approaches such as UDI principles are studied in terms of their applicability within the framework of design and delivery management in open and distance education environments.

Improve the Flipped Classroom with Universal Design for Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 449-471
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Tobin ◽  
Barbi Honeycutt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Perceived Workload ◽  
Classroom Flip

The flipped-classroom approach has been adopted widely across higher education. Some faculty members have moved away from it because of the perceived workload required in order to implement a full course “flip.” Faculty members can adopt the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in order to reduce their own workload and make their flipped-classroom content and interactions more engaging, meaningful, and accessible for students. Adopting both the classroom flip and UDL provides benefits to learners and instructors that go beyond adopting either separately.

scholarly journals Integrating Universal Design for Learning in Schools: Implications for Teacher Training, Leadership and Professional Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 295-318
Author(s):  
Frederic Fovet ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
Deficit Model ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
K 12

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has gained momentum in K-12 education over the last decade. It enables educators to go beyond deficit model approaches to inclusion, and offers sustainable practices for the inclusion of diverse learners through intentional design for instruction and assessment. Promotion of UDL has taken many forms, from provincial projects to school communities of practice. A challenge remains, however, when comes time to widen implementation efforts. There remain specific challenges with regards to the scaling up of implementation strategies across schools and school boards. The process of management of change towards wider UDL buy-in is complex and leads to a necessary questioning of current professional development practices for in-service teachers, and of pre-service teaching in its present format. This chapter will explore these contemporary issues, as well as the wider reflection around leadership that must accompany this process.

Improve the Flipped Classroom With Universal Design for Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 247-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Tobin ◽  
Barbi Honeycutt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Perceived Workload ◽  
Classroom Flip

The flipped-classroom approach has been adopted widely across higher education. Some faculty members have moved away from it because of the perceived workload required in order to implement a full course “flip.” Faculty members can adopt the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in order to reduce their own workload and make their flipped-classroom content and interactions more engaging, meaningful, and accessible for students. Adopting both the classroom flip and UDL provides benefits to learners and instructors that go beyond adopting either separately.

Removing the Disability from Distance Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 156-168
Author(s):  
Christina Yuknis
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Accessibility Issues ◽  
Education Courses

Students with disabilities are increasingly opting to take distance education courses. As a result, many courses are not prepared to adequately meet the needs of their students. This chapter provides an overview of the main accessibility issues, including the delay in technology use and adaptation and assistive technology integration for people with disabilities in distance education courses. To mitigate these issues, a framework for instructional design, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), is presented. UDL is a set of three principles that, when applied from the beginning of the course design, can reduce the need for later modifications or accommodations. Instructors may use UDL to ensure that the course is accessible, not just for students with disabilities, but for all students in the course.

#DeleteDeficitThinking

2022 ◽  
pp. 127-143
Author(s):  
Rachel Lambert ◽  
Quinn Greene ◽  
Vanessa Lai
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Deficit Thinking ◽  
Exceptional Education ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Development Course

In this chapter, the authors propose that Universal Design for Learning can be a way to resist and reframe pervasive deficit thinking in exceptional education. While UDL is based on a radical framework, it has been taken up in practice in a diluted way, de-emphasizing the radical conception of learners at its core. In this chapter, the researchers argue that in order to eliminate deficit thinking in UDL, users and scholars alike will need to 1) interrogate gaps and erasures in UDL professional development that affect its anti-racist and anti-ablest potential and 2) provide professional development that can challenge deficit thinking. This chapter describes findings in two studies working towards these goals. The first preliminary study investigates gaps in the conceptualization of the “user” of UDL in professional texts on UDL. The second study reports on how a professional development course on UDL actively disrupted deficit thinking about disability.

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