ERIC Number: EJ1060221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Like Fire to Water: Building Bridging Collaborations between Disability Service Providers and Course Instructors to Create User Friendly and Resource Efficient UDL Implementation Material
Fovet, Frederic; Jarrett, Tynan; Mole, Heather; Syncox, David
Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, v7 n1 2014
This study presents a post-secondary campus experience with systematic and global promotion of Universal Design for Learning. It analyzes data collected over a 24 months period, relating to course instructors' responses to the framework, through the lens of the initial hypothesis that successes and failures in adoption might be explained by the existence of variables that act as facilitators or stressors in the eyes of the participants. It is argued that identifying these variables allows campuses to map winning conditions for the rapid adoption of UDL by course instructors, irrespective of institutional context and resources. Importantly the study highlights that the full identification of these factors requires the involvement and collaboration of not simply the disability service provider, but also the Teaching and Learning support unit and the equity and diversity office. The study argues that such a collaboration model is transferable to other institutions.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Hypothesis Testing, Success, Failure, Program Implementation, Performance Factors, Predictor Variables, Adoption (Ideas), Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation, Accessibility (for Disabled), Related Services (Special Education), College Faculty, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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