Changing Faculty Mindsets on Accessibility in Courses

Date & Time

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 3:20 PM PST  

Location

Grand GH  

Description

Faculty often wait until they receive a request for accommodation to consider accessibility in their courses. The majority of our faculty at the University of Maine lack training, awareness and time to design accessible courses. In fall 2021 and fall 2022 we ran a faculty development program around digital equity and e-inclusion to change faculty mindsets on accessibility in courses. In this presentation, I will introduce the two iterations of the program and discuss its impact on the participants' mindsets and on their courses. I will also discuss the changes we made to our program based on feedback we received from participating faculty and I will share the current version of our program with the audience.

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Audience

• Higher Education
• K-12 Education

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Faculty often wait until they receive a request for accommodation to consider accessibility in their courses. In this session we will discuss the successes, challenges, and impact of our training program on digital equity and e-inclusion in courses.  

Primary Topic

Digital Accessibility  

Secondary Topics

• Education
• Research

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenter

• Elisa Sance
  University of Maine

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