Food for Thought - Universal Design for Learning & Accessibility

Universal Design for Learning is a lens that allows us to make choices about the design and delivery of our courses which allows us to remove barriers for many of our students. Let’s look at how applying this lens can help us to promote accessibility for all our students, and in some cases even mitigate the need for some individualized accommodations.

Presenters

Joanna Angelidis (she/her) is the Associate Director, Student Wellbeing and Accessibility at BCIT where she oversees Accessibility Services, Student Health Services and Counselling and Student Development. Joanna is an educator committed to fostering universally accessible and inclusive learning environments where the provision of accessible education and low-barrier student support services to ensure every student experiences the best education has to offer.

Claudine Warburton has a strong interest in helping instructors develop curriculum frameworks that build equity, diversity, and choice and voice for learners, with the intention of increasing student engagement and creating expert learners.

Michele Bridge is an Instructional Development Consultant in the Learning and Teaching Centre at BCIT and the Faculty Development Coordinator. She is a passionate champion of UDL, looking at how we can support our diverse students by integrating small changes that will benefit many.