
Universally Designing in Universal Chaos
As we all experienced, 2020 turned higher education on its head while spinning and trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I was lucky enough to have experience with online
As we all experienced, 2020 turned higher education on its head while spinning and trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I was lucky enough to have experience with online
For most of us, the fall 2020 semester required a major shift in how we do our job as faculty members. We had to come
As the clock seems to race through the final minutes of an exam, several students frantically scan questions and fill in bubbles to demonstrate their
Accessibility is a big deal. We include statements about accessibility in our syllabi and on our institutional websites. We also need to ensure that we
Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’
Put simply, “people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone” (Mayer, 2005). Multimedia theory posits the idea that people’s brains more
Increasingly, instructors at the college level are called upon to create classroom learning experiences that can be characterized using terms like academically rigorous, accessible, differentiated,
The teaching process not only involves content knowledge, but also an understanding of teaching and learning principles with insights about different learning needs (note: not
Recently, a student came into my office to vent because she was frustrated and dismayed at the behavior of another student in one of her