4 Accessibility, Scaffolding, and Universal Design for Learning
Overview
Read
Read Knowing the difference between digital skills and digital literacies, and teaching both (4:18 minutes).
Watch
Watch What is UDL?, embedded below (2:45 minutes).
Watch What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL), embedded below (2:53 Minutes).
Watch Open Dialogues: Open education and accessibility, embedded below (3:30 minutes).
Explore
Page through the Accessibility, Scaffolding, and Universal Design for Learning? slide deck below.
Reflection Questions
- What scaffolding steps do I already incorporate into my courses?
- What checkpoints can I add or tweak to better support students as well as my own goals for the course?
- Where can I redesign aspects of my course for universal learning?
Further Resources
Accessibility within open educational resources and practices for disabled learners: a systematic literature review by Xiangling Zhang, Ahmed Tlili, Fabio Nascimbeni, Daniel Burgos, Ronghuai Huang, Ting-Wen Chang, Mohamed Jemni & Mohamed Koutheair Khribi.
The H5P Kitchen was created as a support hub for projects awarded BCCampus H5P OER Development Grants. They have a ton of H5P resources and support materials.
Universal Design, Accessibility, and Usability for OER by Stefanie Buck.
Universal Design for Learning by jean amaral for CUNY Open Pedagogy.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) by Darla Benton Kearney.
What is Scaffolding in Education? by Grand Canyon University.
Instructional Scaffolding to Improve Learning by Northern Illinois University.
