Everyone on board: Creating accessible online learning through universal design

Abstract

This symposium will examine the potential barriers experienced by students with disability who choose to study online. Participants will consider the challenges as well as the opportunities educational technology affords an increasingly diverse student cohort. Co-presented by an educational designer and a student liaison officer specialising in assistive technologies, the benefits of proactively addressing accessibility will be argued. Participants will be introduced to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how they may be incorporated into the curriculum, with a particular focus on online delivery. Participants will be invited to critique their own teaching materials suc..