Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Case Studies on Implementation (Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1799871061 ISBN 13: 9781799871064

Publisher: Business Science Reference, 2021

Synopsis

Universal design for learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows campuses to shift their efforts to create inclusive environments. In recent years, UDL has gone beyond the field of disability and been explored with regards to international and indigenous students. There is now a sizable body of literature that details the benefits of implementing UDL in higher education, as well as a number of emerging studies examining the strategic challenges of developing UDL across institutions. There is, however, still a relative paucity of research discussing the transformation of instruction or assessment in concrete terms. Therefore, there is a necessity for research and information on UDL that has already been implemented in classrooms and the practical examples of what this process of transformation looks like.

Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Case Studies on Implementation offers practical examples of UDL having successfully been embedded in courses within various disciplines and classroom formats, as well as across the undergraduate and graduate sectors. The chapters provide case studies and concrete examples of what the UDL reflection on practice might look like in specific faculties and departments. While highlighting UDL in areas such as educational technology, student engagement, assignment design, and inclusive education, this book is ideally intended for inservice and preservice teachers, administrators, teacher educators, higher education professors and leaders, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the integration of UDL into strategic academic plans.

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About the Author

Frederic Fovet is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. He has previously held faculty positions at the University of Prince Edward Island and Royal Roads University. He has also been Head of Accessibility Services at McGill University for a period of four years, for the duration of his PhD. He was responsible, in this role, for the campus wide roll out of Universal Design for Learning strategies Frederic acts as a UDL and Inclusion consultant, domestically and internationally, in the K-12 and post-secondary sectors. Frederic was the instigator of and the Program Chair for the three first Pan-Canadian Conferences on UDL which took place in Montreal, Charlottetown, and Victoria, in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively. He has been a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ) since 2020 and has been invited to join the Editorial Executive in 2023.

Edition details

• Publisher: Business Science Reference
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799871061
• ISBN 13: 9781799871064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 335
• Editor: Fovet Frederic