Inclusive Teaching Resources & Strategies - Univ of Michigan/CRLT In any discipline or field, a key goal as well as challenge is supporting the learning of all students. Through programs, consultations, and resources, CRLT supports teachers in creating learning environments where students of all identities and backgrounds can flourish. This page features a range of online resources that define inclusive teaching and provide specific strategies for practicing it. CRLT Resources Overview of Inclusive Teaching at the University of Michigan: This webpage provides a definition and overview of inclusive teaching and its research basis. The Research Basis for Inclusive Teaching: This webpage provides an overview of the kinds of evidence that demonstrate inclusive teaching practices can benefit all students' learning. Principles and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching: This document lists specific strategies for fostering four dimensions of inclusive teaching. Our blog regularly features posts on specific inclusive teaching strategies. Resources from U-M Partners
Inclusive Teaching Resources and Strategies | CRLT In any discipline or field, a key goal as well as challenge is supporting the learning of all students. Through programs, consultations, and resources, CRLT supports teachers in creating learning environments where students of all identities and backgrounds can flourish. This page features a range of online resources that define inclusive teaching and provide specific strategies for practicing it. CRLT Resources Overview of Inclusive Teaching at the University of Michigan: This page discusses a definition and several key aspects of inclusive teaching. Principles and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching: This document lists specific strategies for fostering five dimensions of inclusive teaching. The Research Basis for Inclusive Teaching: This webpage provides an overview of the kinds of evidence that demonstrate inclusive teaching practices can benefit all students' learning. Our blog regularly features posts on specific inclusive teaching strategies. Resources from U-M Partners
Online Equity Rubric : Distance Education What is the Peralta Online Equity Rubric? The Peralta Equity Rubric is a research-based course (re)design evaluation instrument to help teachers make online course experiences more equitable for all students. The rubric’s criteria include: addressing students’ access to technology and different types of support (both academic and non-academic); increasing the visibility of the instructor’s commitment to inclusion; addressing common forms of bias (e.g., implicit bias, image and representation bias, interaction bias); helping students make connections (e.g., between course topics and their lives; with the other students); and following universal design for learning principles. The Peralta Equity Team periodically reviews and revises the rubric to address feedback and updates to equity-related research. Why did the district create an Equity Rubric? How do you learn more about the Peralta Online Equity Rubric? 1) Peralta Equity Rubric Review previous versions of the rubric:
Replacing Exams with Performance Tasks – Dr. Catlin Tucker End-of-the-year assessments can be anxiety-producing events for students. These final assessments attempt to cover massive amounts of information and do not allow students the opportunity to communicate what they know in a way that works for them. Unlike a traditional exam where questions typically have one correct answer, performance tasks are complex, multifaceted, and open-ended, yielding a variety of possible outcomes or products. They can also allow students to demonstrate their learning in creative, engaging ways that feel relevant to their lives. Performance tasks ask students to apply their learning in dynamic ways. Teachers can design performance tasks to allow for a high degree of student agency. Using a simple “would you rather” approach to the design of your performance tasks can provide students with meaningful choices that can help them feel more confident completing the task. #1 Infographics #2 Podcasts Podcasts are sharable audio files. #3 Websites #4 TED-style Talks
Inclusive Design Research Centre What do we mean by Inclusive Design? We have defined Inclusive Design as: design that considers the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human difference. The Three Dimensions of Inclusive Design At the IDRC and the Inclusive Design Institute we stress three dimensions of inclusive design: 1: Recognize diversity and uniqueness Inclusive design keeps the diversity and uniqueness of each individual in mind. 2: Inclusive process and tools The process of design and the tools used in design are inclusive. 3: Broader beneficial impact It is the responsibility of inclusive designers to be aware of the context and broader impact of any design and strive to effect a beneficial impact beyond the intended beneficiary of the design. The Relative Nature of Disability and Accessibility The IDRC reframes disability within the design context. Why not use the term Universal Design? The distinctions we wanted to make were:
What is Inclusion and Diversity? WebAIM's WCAG 2 Checklist You are here: Home > Articles > WCAG > WCAG 2 Checklist Important! The following is NOT the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2. Guidelines for using this checklist: This checklist should not be referenced in policies or in policy adoption. Success criteria added in WCAG 2.1 are marked as such and have a light green background. A PDF version of this checklist is also available Perceivable Web content is made available to the senses - sight, hearing, and/or touch Guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives: Provide text alternatives for any non-text content Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media: Provide alternatives for time-based media NOTE: If the audio or video is designated as an alternative to web content (e.g., an audio or sign language version of a web page, for example), then the web content itself serves as the alternative. Guideline 1.3 Adaptable: Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example simpler layout) without losing information or structure
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education | Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Filed by the ACRL Board on February 2, 2015. Adopted by the ACRL Board, January 11, 2016. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. PDF Version Print copies may be purchased from the Association of College and Research Libraries for $15.00 for a package of 10, including standard postage. Payments with a check should be sent to: Association of College and Research Libraries Attn: Standards Fulfillment 225 N. If you have additional questions about ordering the Framework, please contact us at 312-280-5277, or email acrl@ala.org. ACRL has a history of supporting librarians in understanding and using the association’s standards and guidelines. Check for upcoming ACRL eLearning webcasts and online courses. ACRL’s Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks are provided as a free resource to the academic library community. Contents IntroductionFrames Appendix 1: Implementing the Framework Appendix 3: Sources for Further Reading Notes 1. 2.
Why many women with autism and ADHD aren’t diagnosed until adulthood – and what to do if you think you’re one of them Over the last decade or so, there’s been an uptick in the number of adults being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Any number of factors might explain this rise, including greater public awareness of both conditions, broader diagnostic criteria and changing perceptions in who autism and ADHD affects. One constant in the experiences that many women have shared on social media is how long they waited for a diagnosis. This article is part of Quarter Life, a series about issues affecting those of us in our twenties and thirties. You may be interested in: Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work People with endometriosis and PCOS wait years for a diagnosis – attitudes to women’s pain may be to blame Exercise addiction is a real mental health condition, yet still poorly understood This isn’t surprising, as autism and ADHD are both often missed or even misdiagnosed in women. But there are a number of reasons that may explain why this happens.
Don't Use Jargon : Accessibility As a reader, I need familiar words, so that I can determine their meaning. Overview Jargon refers to words and expressions that are used by a particular group or profession. The French linguist Ferdinand de Saussure argues that a language is a system of differences where the significance of words is derived by contrasting them against other words. Example: 'Triage' is a word used by medical professionals which refers to the assignment of degrees of urgency to decide the order of treatment of wounds, illnesses, etc. Jargon gets even worse when it takes the form of gibberish or made up words. Example: A librarian joins together the words 'library' and 'guide' to hatch a new word 'libguide'. Jargon and Autism Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) can have difficulty interpreting the context in which words are used, especially when they are used in an uncommon way. For example, try saying the following sentences using the word 'lead': Literary devices that create jargon Portmanteau
Curating Content for the Disabled: A Guide to Web Accessibility Imagine this: You’re working on content curation for your business site’s blog. You’ve plotted out different audiences and created personas and researched which customer needs and interests you need to address. You’ve thought about which relevant content you need to keep driving traffic while advancing your other marketing goals. And then a colleague upsets all your plans by pointing out that you’ve ignored everyone with disabilities. What do you do next? Why You Need to Curate Content for People with Disabilities Ignoring people with disabilities isn’t just politically incorrect. If your site content is not accessible, 71% of visitors with disabilities will simply leave, damaging your bounce rate and conversion rates. What’s more, running inaccessible content can even bring a serious lawsuit on your head. Curating accessible content allows you to position yourself as a trusted source, one that opens up new content to people who would otherwise be unable to access it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5.
“Disabled People Exist and Are Part of Society”: Interview With Ivana, An Autism Rights Activist – Brno Daily Ivana Recmanová is a Czech activist for the rights of women and people with disabilities, especially autism. She is 29 and herself autistic, which she doesn’t keep secret: “It is better to make my diagnosis uninteresting. Everyone knows it, so what’s the big deal?”, she asks with a smile. Brno Daily spoke to Ivana as a part of our series for autism acceptance month. Photo credit: Ivana Recmanová. After I tentatively message Adventor, one of the associations Ivana is part of, saying I am writing a series about autism and asking if I could talk to someone to learn more about autism advocacy in the Czech Republic, I receive an enthusiastic email from her just hours later, in which she offers several options for us to meet. She is waiting for me on the station platform, and to recognize her I’m told that she is carrying a bag in the shape of a bird. Diagnoses and prejudices We sit on the terrace, which this shy start of spring finally allows, and order some rosé. Autistic activism “Well.
uxdesign Their problems, behaviours, needs & tools, plus design guidelines for building accessible products. In my article “The three levels of accessibility”, I mention the importance of designing for clarity and inclusivity. Not only to ensure everybody regardless of ability is able to access your site but so that developers can implement accessible code. I will be discussing the various problems people face, their unique behaviours and needs, the tools they use, and how we can better accommodate them in our digital products. I’ve broken it into 5 sections across 5 articles: When talking about users with auditory problems most of us would think of deafness and hearing loss. As UX Designers we need to educate the team during discussions and to consider these conditions when designing interfaces. Here are a few examples: Behaviours & needs Hearing-impaired users require physical or visual communication alternatives to audio. Problems Tools To help, these users use tools like: Audio & video Up next
Achieve OER Rubrics Training Materials | Achieve Below is a set of materials developed to help educators use and learn more about the Achieve Open Educational Resource (OER) Rubrics and OER Evaluation Tool. This includes a handbook, videos and set of presentation slides that give instructions on how to apply the rubrics and use the online tool, as well as examples of what different ratings mean under each rubric. The information included in in the handbook, videos and slides is meant to mirror one another, with specific examples included in the handbook and slides. Multiple ways to read and share this information gives educators the opportunity to use the resource(s) that are most useful for them. Achieve Open Educational Resources Evaluation Tool Handbook Click the links below to view videos and download presentation slides that explain how to apply the rubrics and use the OER Evaluation tool. An Introduction to the Achieve OER Rubrics | Video ∙ Slides Rubric I: Alignment to Standards | Video ∙ Slides