5. While university is challenging for every student, some learners find the difficulties nearly insurmountable. 5
6. Examples International students NESBunderstanding professors Mature-aged studentsenergy levels Students with learning disabilitiescomprehension Students with sensory impairmentsinaccessibility 6
8. Bond University’s obligation to diverse learners. Bond University gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the relaxed Australian lifestyle while learning to speak English. You will study with an international student population, with students from more than 80 countries worldwide, and you will work with small, personalised classes. All of our teachers are highly qualified and many have international experience. 8
9. Disability Services Bond University recognises its responsibility to create an environment free from discrimination and harassment and will develop plans and procedures to provide an accessible and inclusive work and study environment. ‘Reasonable adjustments’ will be made to accommodate a student with a disability. A ‘reasonable adjustment’ is a measure or action taken to assist a student with a disability to participate in education on the same basis as other students. 9 http://www.bond.edu.au/about/life/support-services/disability-support.html http://www.staff.bond.edu.au/quality/policies/corporate/COR107.pdf
13. Telephone The telephone was one of the many devices Bell developed in support of his work with the deaf. 14 UD inventions which benefit many E-mail Vinton Cerf (who was hard of hearing since birth) developed the host level protocols for the ARPANET. He married a lady who was deaf. Cerf communicated with his wife via text messaging
17. What is Universal Design of Learning? 18 http://udl-stuff.wikispaces.com/Tools+and+Resources
18. Universal Design for Learning ... 19 Simply put, UDL is a set of principles that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvKnYog6e4
19. Universal Design for Learning ... 20 Proactive design of teaching & curriculum “to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design” . http://www.ncsu.edu/dso/general/universal-design.html
27. 24 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #1:Universal design in education is fundamentally different from universal design in the built environment. . Center for Applied Special Technology
28. 25 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #2:UDL is fundamentally about proactively valuing diversity. . Center for Applied Special Technology
29. 26 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #3: UDL is ultimately about design. . Center for Applied Special Technology
30. 27 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #4:Universal design for learning is not just good teaching. . Center for Applied Special Technology
31. 28 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #5:Universal design for learning does not occur naturally. . Center for Applied Special Technology
32. 29 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #6:Technology is essential for implementing UDL. . Center for Applied Special Technology
33. 30 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #7:UDL is not assistive technology. . Center for Applied Special Technology
34. 31 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #8:It is necessary to measure the primary and secondary impact of UDL. . Center for Applied Special Technology
35. 32 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #9:Claims of UDL must be evaluated on the basis of enhanced student performance. . Center for Applied Special Technology
36. 33 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #10:UDL is much more complex than we originally thought. . Center for Applied Special Technology
45. Some Books & Articles on UDL: 38 Burgstahler, S.E. & Cory, R.C. (Eds.) (2008). Universal design in higher education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education. Edyburn, D.L. (2010). Would you recognize universal design for learning if you saw it? Ten propositions for new directions for the second decade of UDL. Learning Disability Quarterly, 33, 33-41. Rose, D.H. & Meyer, A. (Eds.) (2006). A practical reader in universal design for learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education. Rose, D.H. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Rose, D.H., Meyer, A. & Hitchcock, C. (Eds.) (2005). The universally designed classroom: Accessible curriculum and digital technologies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education
46. 39 Electronic curb-cuts CAS (Center for an Accessible Society), Steve Jacobshttp://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/technology/eleccurbcut.htm Practical implementation strategy for UDL Edyburn (2009) Tic-Tac-Toe Instructional Planninghttp://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/tictactoe.html Universal design for learning CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)http://www.cast.org History and principles of UD and UDL NCSU-DSO (North Carolina State University, Disability Studies Office)http://www.ncsu.edu/dso/general/universal-design.html
