ETUG Spring Workshop 2023 – Day 2.
15. Afsaneh Sharif, Natasha Boskic, AC Deger | Campus
Wide Collaboration for Accessible and Inclusive Design
Recorded
June 2, 2023
UBC is striving to foster a sense of belonging and
promote equity and social justice for all members of the community by
prioritizing inclusion and accessibility through a variety of initiatives. One
of these initiatives is Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellows Program.
This initiative is funded by the Provost and Vice-President Academic office. It
is a collaboration between the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology,
the Centre for Accessibility, and Faculty Instructional Support units.
The UDL Fellows Program will support faculty and staff
to develop expertise in UDL through a cohort-based professional development
program. It will be comprised of a series of facilitated workshops, online
modules, and a project-focused set of activities to help participants use UDL
principles to redesign their courses to be more inclusive and accessible.
Courses impacted by these projects will benefit students from all backgrounds,
not just those with accessibility needs, by providing more options and
flexibility through the design of resources, tools, and course delivery. The
UDL Fellows program has three core elements: Professional development
workshops: Course-focused UDL implementation project and Accessibility Hub
resource.
There are 18 projects that will be part of the UDL
Fellows program. Each project has an academic lead, a dedicated staff such a
Learning Designer and an assigned UDL consultant. The launch of the program is
May of 2023.The presenters will talk about the collaborative effort taken to
launch this initiative, the organization of different working groups and the
plan to achieve the goals of the Program.
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