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How to Make Online Teaching Accessible and Inclusive

Monday, August 17, 2020
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Learn how to design online courses using Universal Design and other best practices to make them accessible to learners with disabilities and to support all learners’ varied approaches to learning.

Dr. Susie L. Gronseth, author of Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design: International Perspectives on UDL  outlines a series of practical steps and best practices to recognize potential access barriers for learners in online courses; to design accessible online course materials, and to provide maximum flexibility and support for learners through online design using Universal Design for Learning guidelines.

Takeaways from this webinar include:

  • How to identify and understand varied learner needs
  • How to make documents, videos, and other course materials accessible
  • How to re-envision course designs to support different ways to engage and assess learners
  • How to incorporate inclusive strategies to motive learners, help them get a sense of community and regulate their own learning

Host:

Susie L. Gronseth
Clinical Associate Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Houston
Dr. Susie Gronseth is Clinical Associate Professor in the Learning, Design, and Technology program area in the College of Education at the University of Houston (Houston, Texas, USA). She specializes in learning technologies, teaching strategies, instructional design, health sciences education, and applications of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to address diverse learner needs in online, face-to-face, and blended contexts. She completed her Ph.D. in instructional systems technology at Indiana University, honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award. She has received recognition for her course design and university teaching, including the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Online Learning Network Award and the University of Houston College of Education Teaching Excellence Award. Her recent book, Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design: International Perspectives on UDL (Routledge, 2020), addresses inclusive instructional foundations, policies, design approaches, technology applications, accessibility challenges, curricular quality issues, research, and case studies from around the world.