Accessible Learning Strategies and Ideas

Learning about accessible education strategies, debunking misconceptions, and fostering understanding and patience towards students with disabilities. Explore universal design principles, flexibility in teaching, addressing mental health issues, adapting assessments and exams, utilizing closed captioning technology, and promoting accessibility services for students.

• Accessible learning
• Inclusive education
• Universal design
• Disability awareness
• Educational strategies

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1. Accessible Learning Ideas and Strategies to Consider

2. Misconceptions I don t have any students with a disability this doesn t apply to me Don t we have a department for that? I worry some of these students with disabilities are just trying to get a free ride

3. Understanding and Patience Many different kinds of disabilities Visual Auditory Physical Learning Mental Health Many disabilities exist on a spectrum Legally blind does not mean completely blind Deaf does not mean they cannot hear anything

4. Universal Design Try to make everything accessible from the start Large print on documents High contrast colour schemes This is a chart that compares vision without impairment with three types of colour blindness

5. Universal Design Cont Describe Images and Videos Explore giving all media content Closed Captions Have several Options for viewing content Consider using the King s OWL 2020 Templates Try to use text books that are available online or come in an e-text format Avoid using videos that have strobing of flashing

6. Flexibility There may or may not be in class components this semester Multiple ways of accessing content Commentary alongside readings A-synchronous designs are best

7. Mental Health Mental health issues can be debilitating Flexibility Understanding Patience

8. Assessments and Exams Have I mentioned flexibility today? Asynchronous again? Extra time for everyone? Multiple ways of accessing the data Cheating

9. Closed Captioning Tech Media Power Point sharing Voice Thread YouTube Auto Captions Otter.ai Video Conference Teams Zoom Otter.ai

10. Accessibility Services Encourage your students to speak with accessibility services Keep accessibility services in the loop Guest speaker

11. Questions