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Publication Date: 2018
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Do UDOIT for Webcourses@UCF: Who Is Using It and Where?
Tinsley-Kim, Karen
Distance Learning, v15 n1 p21-26 2018
The 2016-2017 academic year at the University of Central Florida (UCF) confirmed that online learning is rapidly on the march to becoming the dominant modality in the student learning experience. A developing concern is whether this increase in online learning offerings and enrollment translates to more online accessibility barriers for students with disabilities (SWD). This concern primarily focuses on those students with blind/low vision (BLV) and deaf/hard of hearing (DHH) challenges. Since fall 2012, the author has served as a coordinator between the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) and Student Accessibility Services (SAS) to address online course challenges from a reactive stance before each semester begins. Coordination between the staff at SAS and CDL has been central to successfully identifying and remediating online accessibility issues for students connected to SAS who are enrolled in online modalities. In May 2015, the UDOIT LTI (learning tool interoperability) was launched within Webcourses@UCF (Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool (UDOIT) - UCF CDL, 2018). It was promoted through various media and events including the Webcourses@UCF Faculty Update online newsletter, during face-to-face training sessions of IDL6543, UDOIT face-to-face training sessions and Webcourses@UCF Support Open Labs. The hope of the creators and developers of UDOIT is that awareness, understanding, and confidence of instructors properly delivering online content will rise more significantly at UCF. This includes encouraging them to increase usage of accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and best practices. Having in-house tools like UDOIT should continue to reduce lack of engagement among faculty in improving their online courses.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Accessibility (for Disabled), Access to Education, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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