Why go through all the time and effort to create and curate content for your class when only 75% of your students will benefit? Everyone can use your content if you use effective course design strategies.
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Providing accommodations for students with needs is a time suck for many people. They cut into your time as the instructor. Students divert time and energy from their studies to request accommodations. Disability services also have to spend time and energy to put the accommodation in place. Most times, students would not submit accommodation requests if the course creator had designed it properly.
Accessible and inclusive courses reduce accommodations. No one really wants to request accommodation because of the stigma. They request one as a last resort.
If you want to create courses that
- Improve learning
- Reduce accommodations
- Increase engagement
- Increase retention
- Expands the capabilities of your course
Then build your course with sound principles such as Universal Design for Learning, accessibility, and backward design.
This episode will examine strategies you can use to reduce accommodations to deliver instruction to all your students.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 8 – What Is Universal Design for Learning?
- ITC: 9 – How Multiple Means of Representation Can Help Your Classroom
- ITC: 10 – See What Your Students Know Through Multiple Means of Action and Expression
- ITC: 67 – Using the Faculty Four for an Improved Student Experience
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction
- Benefits of Accessible Design
- Accessibility vs. accommodation vs. modification
- Introduction to Accessible Education
- The Business Case for Digital Accessibility
- Impact on People with Disabilities
- From Accommodations to Accessibility: Creating Learning Environments That Work for All
- Students with Disabilities’ Self-Report on Perceptions toward Disclosing Disability and Faculty’s Willingness to Provide Accommodations
- College Students’ Access to Academic Accommodations Varies as a Function of School Type, Selectivity, and Cost
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