Presented at 8:00am in Waverly on Thursday, November 17, 2016.
#4574Speaker(s)
- Christa Miller
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format:
- Expertise Level: Expert
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
Faculty can use modern instructional approaches to increase the inclusion of students with disabilities.
Abstract
Instructional practices currently on-trend in higher education are moving towards learner-centered approaches aimed at greater student ownership of knowledge. Such approaches commonly employ more small group activities and often rely heavily on mobile technologies for participation.
The presentation will examine the intersections of the most common instructional practices and how disability support can work with faculty to integrate students with disabilities into these classroom settings without creating new barriers to learning. When a course is designed with accessibility in mind the implementation of current instructional practices may increase the inclusion of students with disabilities in the classroom.
Keypoints
- Current instructional approaches (active, hybrid, flipped) have common activities that create access barriers
- Universal Design for Learning is one strategy to remove these barriers
- When implemented consciously these approaches improve the experience for students with disabilities
Disability Areas
Cognitive/Learning, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Mobility, Vision
Topic Areas
Accessible Course Design, Assistive Technology
Speaker Bio(s)
Christa Miller
Christa Miller is the Manager of Inclusive Media Services at Virginia Tech. She has worked for the Assistive Technologies Lab since 2006 in many capacities. Most notable among her duties is the production of high quality tactile graphics and Nemeth code Braille for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses beginning in 2010.
Handout(s)
- 5 Instructional Strategies
A diagram of instructional strategies.
5 instructional strategies used to categorize instructional activities that are used by many current instructional approaches.
- Accessibility and Instructional Methods
Slide deck for the presentation: Maintaining Accessibility in the Modern Classroom
Slides with notes to accompany a discussion of current instructional approaches and how to improve the accessibility of such course.
- Accessibility Instructional Methods Outline Large Print
Large Print text only slide deck outline
A text only version of the Slide Deck for Maintaining Accessibility in the Modern Classroom
- Accessibility and Instructional Methods
slide deck for Maintaining Accessibility in the Modern Classroom