Integrating Universal Design into University

Curriculum

Howard KramerUniversity of Colorado-Boulderhkramer@colorado.edu, 303-492-8672

AHEAD 2013

Presentation posted at slideshare

http://slideshare.net/hkramer99/

UD in Curriculum – AHEAD 2013.pptx

Today’s Outline

What do we/I mean by Universal Design

UDUC project info | some preliminary findings

Examples & models for including UD content in curriculum

How this can intersect/promote accessibility & UD on campus

UDE example / model

Initiatives/plans of UDUC project

Your input & feedback

Today’s Objective(s)

Acquire an inventory of examples of UD in curriculum that you may replicate or build upon

NEA 2-year Grant

Promoting the Integration of Universal Design

Content into University Curriculum (UDUC)

Promoting the Integration of UD into University Curriculum

Determining current inclusion of UD content on campus

Increasing the amount of classes that address UD (content) on campus (and beyond)

Determining resource needs for teaching UD Developing resources for teaching UD –

syllabi, curriculum, teaching resources, etc. Developing a network of interested faculty –

sharing resources

Universal Design – What do I mean?

Universal Design (Origins) Universal Design is the design of

products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design – Ron Mace, Architect

Universal Design for the built environment

UD Defined – variations on a theme

…[T]he practice of designing products or environments that can be effectively and efficiently used by people with a wide range of abilities operating in a wide range of situations (Vanderheiden, 1997, p. 2014).

…[B]uilding products that are robust and accommodating. Universal designs take account of differences in sight, hearing, mobility, speech, and cognition. Universal design helps not only people with disabilities, but also any of us when we’re tired, busy, or juggling many tasks (Francik, 1996).

“Universal design implies a process that goes beyond minimum access codes and standards, to design environments that are comfortably usable by people from childhood into their oldest years.”

- Nasar & Evans-Cowley, eds. 2007. Universal Design & Visitability.

7 Principles of Universal Design

7 Principles of Universal Design

Equitable Use Flexibility in Use Simple and Intuitive Use Perceptible Information Tolerance for Error Low Physical Effort Size and Space for Approach and Use

Copyright © 1997 NC State University, The Center for Universal Design.

Universal Design – What do I mean?

Universal Design for the digital environment

Universal Design in Education (UDE)

Universal Design for Instruction (UDI)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Universal Instructional Design (UID)

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Universal Design Content in University Curriculum

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What does Universal Design mean in the context of today’s talk?

Campus & Faculty Conceptions of Universal Design

“[F]ew postsecondary administrators, faculty, and staff are even marginally acquainted with Universal Design or Universal Instructional Design” (Higbee & Goff, eds. 2008)

Faculty at CU – may not have the definitive definition or understanding of UD

Confusion on the distinction of “UD content”.

Examples of UD content

Examples of UD content

Survey tool adapted by Meredith Banasiak, CU-Boulder

Student Projects

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

http://digitalwriting101.net/teaching/content/an-example-of-the-power-of-digital-storytelling/

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Arts & HumanitiesWayfinding – Multidisciplinary UD Project

http://www.colorado.edu/news/features/students-create-new-cu-boulder-maps-%E2%80%98universal-design%E2%80%99-expand-access

Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Designed for different audiences & needs

http://www.colorado.edu/campuswayfinding

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

WayfindingBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

WayfindingBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Other Communication & Design Projects

Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment Usability Study of Disability Services

Website

Other Communication & Design Projects

Planned for Future Analyzing the D2L according to UD

principles

Universal Design for Digital Media

Course Outline(text version on next slide)

Week 1 (Introduction to Universal Design: for whom are we designing and why?)

Week 2 (Learning the language of design...)

Week 3 (General design principles, introduction to web design)

Week 4 (Interaction Design & Information architecture)

Week 5 (The Case for Web Standards)

Week 6 (Structure & Semantics: Document Object Model )-

Week 7 (Structure, xhtml...)

Week 8 (Presentation w\ a dash of Behavior, CSS)

Week 9 (Presentation continued…, behavior)

Week 10 (Accessibility) Week 11 - Break Week 12 (The Mobile

Web & Accessibility) Week 13 (Rich Internet

Applications) Week 14 (HTML 5)

Course Outline

Universal Design vs. Web Standards vs. Accessibility

Curriculum Materials

Chisholm, Wendy; May, Matt. Universal Design for Web Applications

Zeldman, Jeffrey. Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)

Anderson, Featherstone, Sims, et al. Interact with Web Standards

Norman, David A. The Design of Everyday Things (2002).

Cooper, Alan; Reimann Robert M. About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design (2003)

Other Developments Self-paced version of ATLAS 3518 Development of Universal Design

for Content Management Systems – focus on Drupal & WordPress (fall 2013)

UD in curriculum track at COLTT – June 6 & 7, 2013

UD in curriculum track at AHG 2013 AHEAD 2014

Universal Design in University Curriculum

Sharing of Resources

E-text book – looking for collaborators

Your feedback Tomorrow (Saturday), 9:00 a.m. in

Harbor Lobby area

Projects/Resources at CU, AHEAD, ATHEN

3-credit class: Universal Design for Digital Media http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/udclass/

ATHEN – Access Tech. Higher Ed. Network Athenpro.org

Universal Design in Curriculum Track and them at Accessing Higher Ground Conference 2013 (Nov. 4 – 8) Accessinghigherground.org

Videos from AHG 2012 – http://accessinghigherground.org/

recordedAHG2012.html

Other Curriculum Resources A List Apart - Link-Rodrigue, The

Inclusion Principle, http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-inclusi

on-principle/

Dev.opera.com http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-introduc

tion-to-the-web-standards-cur/ Usability.gov

http://usability.gov/methods/test_refine/heuristic.html

Sitepoint.com http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/informati

on-architecture

Other Curriculum Resources First Principles of Interaction Design”

(http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html);

“Personas” http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Perso

nas WebAIM.org – The Legend of the Typical

… http://webaim.org/presentations/2010/csun/s

creenreadersurvey.pdf W3C Web Standards Cirruculim

http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/Main_Page

Other Resources Web Design Awards & Training at CU

http://www.colorado.edu/ODECE/UDAC/webcomp2012.html

WAVE - WebAIM.org http://wave.webaim.org/

W3C Web Standards Cirruculim http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/M

ain_Page Physics Example page

http://www.colorado.edu/ODECE/UDAC/physics%20page-2.htm