Accessibility
Accessibility
Accessible Education
Accessible education is the process of designing courses and developing a teaching style to meet the needs of people from a variety of backgrounds, abilities and learning styles.
Council of Ontario Universities Educator's Accessibility Toolkit
A. "Educator's Accessibility Toolkit" (web site), from the Council of Ontario Universities, includes a variety of "resources that support the accessible delivery and instruction of programs and courses."
Universal Design: Starter Suggestions for Teaching
A. "Introduction to Universal Design for Learning" (web page) offers videos and links to resources and teaching suggestions for incorporating Universal Design into the post-secondary class, specifically a starter-set of multiple means for the following:
Why Accessibility Policies Matter
"ELI 7 Things to Know about ... Accessibility Polic[ies]" (pdf), an American-based text, starts with a scenario of one college adopting such policies and moves on to answer 7 questions -- several of which are of particular interest to us in the Teaching Commons at Lakehead:
A. The Seven Questions Addressed
