ERIC Number: EJ1211170
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-2472-5749
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Integrating UDL Strategies into the Online Course Development Process: Instructional Designers' Perspectives
Singleton, Korey; Evmenova, Anya; Jerome, Marci Kinas; Clark, Kevin
Online Learning, v23 n1 p206-235 Mar 2019
This qualitative case study design examined the perspectives that instructional designers at a four-year research institution in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States have about integrating UDL strategies into the online course development process. The participants were six individuals involved in the online course development process: four of the participants were instructional designers working for the Instructional Design Team, one participant was an assistant program manager in the Office of Distance Education, and the other was an instructional designer working in the College of Health and Human Services. The interviews focused on the participant's perspectives on the integration of UDL strategies and how they believe faculty perceived such practices. Using a series of semistructured interviews and document analysis, three distinct themes emerged: (a) the importance of the instructional designer-faculty member partnership, (b) the number of factors impacting faculty adoption of UDL strategies in their online courses, and (c) faculty resistance to changes in how classroom accommodations are addressed in the higher education classroom. In addition to highlighting factors impacting the integration of UDL strategies, the findings also revealed techniques that could be useful in improving faculty adoption of such practices.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Access to Education, Instructional Design, Research Universities, Curriculum Development, Attitudes, College Faculty, Resistance to Change, Educational Cooperation, Adoption (Ideas), Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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