Universal Course Design
Applied to Secondary Education
• The Learning Environments (buildings,
classrooms)
• Educational Tools Used (documents,
websites)
• Learning and Instructional Materials
(courses, activities, assignments,
assessments)
UDL and the Learning
Environment
• Classroom Comfort – Furniture, tables,
chairs, space, AV
• Audio – ability to hear the instructor
• Visual – ability to see the information
• Physical – ability to get to the classroom
• Fatigue and time of day and attention span
• Temperature and Lighting
• E-Learning Environment
Universal Design Principles for
Curriculum, Instruction, Environment and
Assessment
1. Present information in multiple ways
• Visual
• Auditory
• tactile
What is your students Learning
Style
• Garner’s Multiple Intellegence Test
• http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/mi_te
st.html
• http://lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/mi/mi.html
Pocketalker Pro with EAR008
Wide Range Earphone by
Williams Sound
705iR: Portable Infrared Audio
System
REDCAT by Lightspeed
Noise Canceling Strategies
• Reducing Fan Noise
• Reducing Table Noise distractions
• Noise cancelling headset
QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic
Noise Cancelling®
headphones
Text to Speech
• http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/
• http://www.naturalreaders.com/?gclid=CP
e1r7fwj58CFaM45QodyUsoLw
• http://www.dkszone.net/2009/10/best-freetext-to-speech-online.html
Taping of Lectures
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Camptasia
Flip Video
Free podcasts from ITUNES
Podcast Alley
http://www.podcastalley.com/
ITunes U Mobile Learning
Once your classroom
presentations and lectures have
been captured and published,
students can download them
from iTunes. Then they can
transfer them to iPod or iPhone
and take it all with them.
• http://www.apple.com/education/mobilelearning/
Livescribe Pen
• http://www.livescribe.com/
2. Use multiple ways for students to learn
3. Use multiple way to demonstrate
competencies
Curriculum, Instruction, Environment and
Assessment
Writing Solutions
• Ginger http://www.gingersoftware.com/
Presenting Visual Information
YouTube Clips
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8
904666123687875074&q=Macarena&hl=e
n
• Passive Range of Motion of a Baby
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3
894087728547115142&q=Shoulder+Move
ment
• Rotator cuff repair
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2
399321985158264326&q=Shoulder+Move
ment
Animation + Visual + Auditory
Hands On
• Switch Making Demo
Elmo Portable Presenter
Point 2 View USB Camera
Homemade Document Camera
Comfort
• Head and Neck – Book or document
Holder
• Feet – foot rests
• Arm – arm rests
• Butt - cushions
Kindle DX Wireless Reading
Device
Adaptation to Kindle
Touch screen computers
Nanovision Mimo 2G
SMART Board 685ix
interactive whiteboard system
Touch Recognition
Environment
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Tennis Balls
Blowers
Glare
External Speakers
Temperature
Food
Color
• Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White
Background
• San Serif font
• Use less words
• Don’t combine words with pictures
• Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White
Background
• San Serif font
• Use less words
• Don’t combine words with pictures
• Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White
Background
• San Serif font
• Use less words
• Don’t combine words with pictures
• Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White
Background
• San Serif font
• Use less words
• Don’t combine words with pictures
• Black Letter on Light Yellow, Blue or White
Background
• San Serif font
• Use less words
• Don’t combine words with pictures
Keyboard Short Cuts
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B key
Alt Tab
Triple click
Ctrl C
Ctrl V
Right Click over picture (Fair Use
Provision)
Drawing on Power Point
• Right Click + o f
• Right Click + o e (to erase)
Recording
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Disposable Video
Cameras
Tape Recorder
Computer capture
Scanning Documents
Cuing - Tapping
Re-auditorzation
Other Tools Instructors Should Use
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Elmo
ACDSee
Camera with video and macros
Dictaphone and Dragon Naturally
Speaking
• Scanner
• Webcam
Captures your board writing
into the computer
• Convert any Whiteboard to an
Electronic One!! Using Mimio
Homemade Smartboard
Portable Mini Speakers for
iPhone Driod iPod MP3
USB BlueTooth Head Set
Ipod Nano now shoots video
3Generation I POD Touch 32g
Genius Recommendations for
Apps
Say and Play
PURE Digital Flip Ultra
Camcorder