"UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs." -UDL on Campus
You can start small by adding one additional option for an assignment or one extra format for course content (i.e. a video and lecture notes OR a Word document and an audio file of the document being read). Providing additional formats and options can improve student learning and retention as a result. If you have questions about UDL or accessibility, feel free to contact Breanne Kirsch, the University Librarian.
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone by
This is also a perfect model for Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework grounded in the neuroscience of why, what, and how people learn. Tobin and Behling show that, although it is often associated with students with disabilities, UDL can be profitably broadened toward a larger ease-of-use and general diversity framework. Captioned instructional videos, for example, benefit learners with hearing impairments but also the student who worries about waking her young children at night or those studying on a noisy team bus. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone is aimed at faculty members, faculty-service staff, disability support providers, student-service staff, campus leaders, and graduate students who want to strengthen the engagement, interaction, and performance of all college students.