Hi Leah, I have included links to THREE rubrics that I used to provide a course evaluation. I found it fascinating that each one was not quite adequate on its own. I will be curious to know whether looking at all three helps to paint a clearer picture! I wish I could have annotated the …
August 2014 archive
Aug 17
M8 Checklist
Colleagues, It’s been a pleasure learning from you (and Leah) this summer. Thank you. I’d like to offer one more resource. Below is a link to a checklist that I will use to be sure my online course is as accessible as possible: http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist I’ve also contacted Emory’s ODS to ask those wise folks what …
Aug 17
RE: UDL Uncompromising Directives by Phyllis Wright
Hi Phyllis, I didn’t see a way to leave a comment on your post, but I did particularly like your focus on the ‘why’: My goal is always to engage the “why” first in face to face or online, then “what” and finally “how.” With teaching or leadership, unless I can convince my followers to …
Aug 15
In the Home Stretch with UDL
UDL!! The Recognition Network: Learning about UDL has been liberating: I now know why to include images rather than just text in my PPTs (I thought they were unnecessary decoration or ‘cutesy’); why my colleague almost always includes a visual (screen) during a talk; why my screen now will have a great deal of white …
Aug 15
Course Evaluation
EFOTS-Course-Rubric I have learned so much from this course. When I have evaluations of my courses, I think I would rather have open ended questions to find ways of improvement. If I have a large MOOC, I’m sure I would use a similar rubric. Leah, Thank you for being patient with me during this process. …
Aug 15
Some really brief thoughts on UDL
We need UDL for the same reasons we need UD anywhere else: learners bring “a huge variety of skills, needs and interests” to the learning environment. UDL ensures that learners can access, understand and act on the information provided. UD in other settings (housing or government, for example) ensures that citizens can access the resources …
Aug 14
UDL and Accessibility
Over the years, the office of Disability services, has given great leadership on how I as a professor should interact with students in my f2f class. I think it is important to highlight the students’ needs as a starting point. Overall improvements to the course should include being inclusive of participating and potential students (disabilities …
Aug 14
UDL uncompromising directives for learners
With older age comes reflection on the way it “used to be” and I see the UDL modifications very similar to the progression of general education of my childhood where limited modifications for physical and learning disabilities were the norm to where accommodation is a common (and mandated) practice. For example, when I was in …
Aug 14
M8 UDL: KISS
“KISS” is my approach with this post and seems like a really good approach for online teaching in order to make sure education is Accessible by Universal Design. The technology and methods are so new, interesting and exciting that I need to remember to make sure the message is not lost in the delivery for …
Aug 14
UDderLy cLUeLess sometimes
Despite the fact that I have family members who have disabilities and I must therefore devise a variety of strategies to communicate and successfully interact with them, I know how bad I am about considering the needs of disabled students in my classes. To cut myself some slack, part of the problem is that I …
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