accessibility

May 18, 2025
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, QM, Reflections, UDL

Deliberative Design: Engaging Learners Online with AI

Jill Stefaniak, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, and Stephanie Moore, Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico, presented at the Quality Matters conference on “The Use of Generative AI to Support Inclusivity and Design Deliberation for Online Instruction.” Stefaniak noted that there are numerous design decisions instructional designers make. Stefaniak explained that […]

December 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections, UDL, Wellbeing, Why

Overview of the Digital Literacies Toolkit

Nadine Aboulmagd and Samah Adel presented “Alternative Assessments to Enhance Students’ Digital Literacies.” They both are instructional designers at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. They talked about the digital literacies toolkit. They asked the audience to share in the chat their familiarity with digital literacies. The majority “heard but don’t understand.” They then asked […]

August 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections

BICS and CALP for English Language Learners

Naglaa Salem presented on “Adjusting Teacher and Student Talk to Support ELLs in HE.” English Language Learners (ELLs) and HE, higher education were the focus. Salem defined teacher talk and student talk with the goal of reflecting some needs and challenges of ELLs in the class. Salem created three videos, a slide deck, and a […]

August 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, Why

ArithmeType!

What is the Arithme Type Keyboard? I was curious. Tonight I watched Dr. Shannon Canas, MD and Shaun Canas from Learner’s Voice present a recorded session for the CAST UDL Symposium: “The ArithmeType Keyboard for electronic secondary school math simplicity.” Shaun is Dr. Shannon Canas’ son. Shaun is sixteen and developed regressive autism at 2 […]

June 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Wellbeing, Why

UDL in the Learning Mix

Jeni Dulek from Pacific University in Hillsboro Oregon presented at the Lilly Conference online about “Minimizing Barriers to Learning with Universal Design for Learning.” This is probably the second or third session from Dulek I watch. Dulek began by thanking the students in the course that was redesigned. The session’s objectives were to describe the […]

June 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Website, Wellbeing, Why

Student Coaches for Faculty Collaborative on Accessibility

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session entitled “Creating an Accessible Campus Culture with Disabled Students and Faculty” by Stephanie W. Cawthon, a professor at the University of Texas – Austin. Cawthon began by discussing the importance of accessibility and being deaf. They emphasized that accessibility is not a checklist and the need to […]

April 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Feedback with a Mote!?

Professor Sharon Lauricella from Ontario Tech University presented at Open Ed 2021 a session entitled ” Mote for Personalized Voice Notes: Connection, Feedback, and Accessibility via Edtech.” Mote is an educational technology tool. Lauricella is a professor in communication and digital media studies. I didn’t know what Mote was! It is a tool that allows […]

February 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Softwares

A Tool and Rubric for OER Accessibility Checks

Tiffany Tijerina is the Program Manager at Affordable Learning Georgia and recorded a lighting talk for Open Ed 2021 that I watched tonight. Tijerina presented “Evaluating OER Accessibility: Open, Digital, and Pedagogical” and described a tool they developed. The tool starts by focusing on open access: Can the resource be downloadable in a common format? […]

February 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

Co-creating Ancillary Materials

It was a long and productive day! I ended by watching “OER Development: Working with a Collaborative Community to Create Ancillary Materials” from the Open Ed 2021 sessions. Alishia Huntoon was the presenter and shared the process of creating materials with their group. They defined OERs and the increasing number of new adoptions. OERs can […]

February 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Why

An Escape Room about Open Textbooks!

Escape rooms are popular now! The session of Open Ed 2021 had a session entitled “Using An Escape Room To Educate Students About Open Textbooks” with Amy Shannon, Teresa Schultz, Tati Mesfin, Elena Azabakht from the Libraries at the University of Nevada Reno-Library. Shannon described what an escape room is and the escape room they […]