Speakers

• Cathleen McGreal, College of Social Science
• Stephen Thomas, College of Natural Science
• Casey Henley, MSU Neuroscience Program
• Jan Bukovac Phelps, College of Communication Arts & Sciences
• Emilia Marcyk, MSU Library

Over the last year, the Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on Accessibility Through Creative Innovation has been working with MSU IT Services to create a self-enrolled course on accessibility and curriculum development.  To prepare for this task the FLC read and discussed literature on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).  Even though the concepts of accessibility and UDL do not overlap entirely, the philosophies overlap significantly and offer a chance to reframe accessibility from an “unfunded mandate” impacting a small number of learners to an equitable educational opportunity improving learning for all students.  This lunchtime brownbag will cover how the self-enrolled course on Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning was developed and the possible reframing of accessibility using UDL.  We will end the session with a discussion about challenges and opportunities for training faculty members in accessibility and UDL.Everyone is invited to attend.

This brown bag will be taking place during the Making Learning Accessible 2016 conference (http://www.accessiblelearning.org/). The Making Learning Accessible is currently at capacity, however, and if you would like to be added to the wait-list to attend the conference please email Kate Sonka (ksonka@msu.edu) to be put on the list.

Background

The Explorations in Instructional Technology Brown Bag series is hosted by the MSU College of Education, College of Natural Science, and MSU IT Teaching and Learning Technology. For more information, contact Sev Grabski. Learn more about other faculty development opportunities.