Glossary and Resources
Universal Design for Learning Resources
Websites
- Creating Accessible Documents and Content - Metro State University
- Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
- Center for Universal Design
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning
Peer-reviewed articles and books
- Block, L. (2006). Universal Design in Higher Education (Special issue). Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 19(2).
- Burgstahler, S.E., & Cory, R.C. (2008). Universal design in higher education: From principles to practice. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press
- Funckes, C., & Kroeger, S. (2003). Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education: Moving Beyond the Built Environment. Journal on Postsecondary Education and Disability, 16(2), 78-89.
- Gradel, K. and Edson, A. J. (2010). Putting Universal Design for Learning on the higher ed agenda. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 38(2).
- Higbee, J.L. (ed.) (2003). Curriculum transformation and disability: Implementing universal design in higher education. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Roberts, K.D. et al. (2011). Universal Design for Instruction in postsecondary education: A systematic review of empirically based articles. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(1).
- Rose, D. H. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Rowland, C., et al. (2010). Universal design for the digital environment: Transforming the institution. Educause Review Online, 45(6).
- Schelley, C.L., et al. (2011). Student perceptions of faculty implementation of Universal Design for Learning. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(1).
- Williams, G. (2010). Academic Resources and Universal Design. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Online Tutorials
- CAST: What is Universal Design: Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.
- EnAct Ensuring Access Through Collaboration and Technology: UDL-U provides a comprehensive faculty development guide.
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction: This web page is a product of the University of Washington Do-It Grant and provides a checklist on Universal Design for Teaching along with other resources.
- Equity and Excellence in Higher Education: Universal Course Design: This website has been designed by faculty for other faculty who are interested in building Universal Design Features into their course design.
- San Francisco State University, The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development: Universal Design for Learning Online Training Module
- Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on principles and their applications.
Videos
The Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities presents a new documentary, Hadamar: The Forgotten Holocaust, detailing Hitler's extermination of people with disabilities
On September 1, 1939, World War II began with the German invasion of Poland. On September 1, 2020, the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities is releasing a new documentary entitled, Hadamar: The Forgotten Holocaust. This documentary focuses on Adolph Hitler's order to kill hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities in order to create a master race. Deaths occurred in various hospitals including Hadamar. We gratefully acknowledge Dave Reynolds from Spokane, Washington who generously provided us with his lecture notes and PowerPoint, and to Tim Lewis from Mastcom for converting that lecture into a 16 minute documentary.
An equity focus in policy recognizes the need to eliminate disparities in educational outcomes of students from underserved and underrepresented populations. Such lens is color conscious and seeks specifically to eliminate widening postsecondary gaps for American Indian, African American, and LatinX students. Furthermore, it seeks to shift accountability to the institution rather than to the students and allows the organization to see when policies and practices that appear to be beneficial actually are creating a worsening inequality.
An equity lens is a process for analyzing or diagnosing the impact of the design and implementation of policies on under-served and marginalized individuals and groups, and to identify and potentially eliminate barriers. Such groups may include: race/ethnicity, religious expression, veteran status, nationality, including underrepresented groups and new immigrant populations, people who identify as women, age, socio-economic, people with both apparent and non-apparent disabilities, people of various gender and sexual identities and expressions, American Indians and other indigenous populations.
A protocol for policy review provides a structure for institutionalizing the considering of equity in the process of making, implementing, and assessing policy.
Resources
Guide
Applying and Equity Lens to Policy Review
Training