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ERIC Number: EJ1434872
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2379-7762
EISSN: EISSN-2328-3343
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Building Australian Tertiary Educator Knowledge and Skill in Universal Design for Learning
Erin Leif; Elizabeth Knight; Jessica Buhne; Elicia Ford; Alison Casey; Annie Carney; Jennifer Cousins; Stuart Dinmore; Andrew Downie; Mary Dracup; Jane Goodfellow; Meredith Jackson; Noor Jwad; Dagmar Kminiak; Darlene McLennan; Mary-Ann O’Donovan; Jessica Seage; Mirela Suciu; David Swayn
Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, v36 n1 p55-64 2023
Students with disabilities continue to experience barriers to accessing tertiary (i.e., postsecondary) education in Australia. Using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) may help educators proactively address barriers through the design of more accessible and inclusive educational experiences. However, at present, references to UDL appear in only a small number of Australian educational policies and tertiary institute websites, and few tertiary educators use UDL in practice. In this article, we describe how a team of educators, learning designers, accessibility advocates, and people with disabilities from multiple institutions across Australia collaborated to co-create a free, accessible eLearning program to build workforce knowledge and skill in UDL. We first describe how the advisory group was established, how the Knowledge to Action cycle was used to guide the activities of the advisory group, and the evaluation framework that was used to assess the outcomes of the eLearning program. We share potential future activities to raise awareness of UDL and influence policy and practice in local contexts and propose directions for future work in this area.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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