Tag: 2025
Accessibility Beyond Accommodations
Accessibility in higher education involves more than responding to accommodation requests—it’s about proactively creating inclusive learning experiences for all students. This webinar will explore common accommodation trends, emerging accessibility needs in higher education, and strategies for designing courses that align with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. Join us to learn how to build courses… Read More
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- Federico Gomez-Uroz Horst
- Keri Snyder
The Neurodiversity Supportive Classroom
An underlying principle of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) teaches that “what is necessary for one student is almost always beneficial for all.” This is especially true with neurodivergent students— they often have the same educational and personal needs as their neurotypical peers, but the consequences are much more obvious when those needs aren’t met. … Read More
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Presenter:
- Teresa Hooper, PhD
Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity: Changing Our Lenses
When discussing neurodiversity and neurodivergence in an educational setting, a medical model of neurodivergence has been the norm: from the IDEA and IEPs in elementary school to the ADAAA and accommodations in college, students’ cognitive differences are characterized “disorders” and “deficiencies,” and those assumptions can color how we welcome these students into our classes. But… Read More
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- Teresa Hooper, PhD
April 2025
|Volume 8, Issue 1 In This Issue: The Teaching Scope: Supporting Faculty through Relationships and Research Teacher’s Toolbox: Ready-to-Use Active Learning Techniques Did You Know?: NotebookLM – Your AI Research Partner and Teaching Tool Pedagogy Podcast: Teaching in the Round – Making the Most of Active Learning Spaces Research Bytes: Designing Authentic Assessments for Health… Read More