Universal Design Content in Curriculum - ATIA 2014

Integrating Universal Design into University

Curriculum

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

ATIA 2014

Presentation posted at slideshare

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UD in Curriculum – ATIA 2014.pptx

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Introduction

Conference: Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web &

Technology

Class: Universal Design for Digital Media - 14 week class

Grant Project: Promoting the Integration of Universal Design in

University Curriculum (UDUC)

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

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, accomplishments & future plans of UDUC project

Your input, feedback & collaboration

Today’s Objective(s)

Acquire a sampling of examples of UD in curriculum that you may replicate or build upon

  Provide you with ideas for promoting UD

curriculum at your own institutions

Inspire you to become involved with this project by using our resources or sharing your resources with us

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.

A framework for the design of buildings, products and information technology to be useable by the widest range of users. Valerie Fletcher, The Institute for Human

Centered Design

Universal Design – Key Points

Goes beyond accessibility

Not a separate accommodation

Goes beyond following legal requirements

Provides an improved product to the non-special needs or wider population

National Council on Disability

Design for Inclusion: Creating a New Marketplace – 2004 Report

Key findings A market for universally designed products and

services exists. UD principles can be easily incorporated into current

design practices. Designing with access in mind can significantly

increase the size of targeted markets for electronic and information technology (E&IT).

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 & 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

Wayfinding

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Arts & HumanitiesBeyond the Sciences & Built Environment

Other Communication & Design Projects

Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment Usability Study of Disability Services

Website

Beyond CU-BoulderCourse Profiles

Human-Computer Interaction undergraduate class

Class-wide public policy projects Jonathan Lazar. PhD

Towson University

HCI Interaction undergraduate classCourse Profiles

Students learn: 1. international guidelines related to web

accessibility 2. how to evaluate web sites for accessibility 3. specific details of federal and state laws

related to web accessibility

The students then perform a series of accessibility inspections on a group of web sites that are required under law to be accessible

HCI Interaction undergraduate classCourse Profiles

Watch video of Dr. Lazar’s talk at:

http://uduc.org/show1videosession.php?vpropid=1634

Standards-Based Web Design CourseCourse Profiles

Terrill Thompson, University of Washington

www.uw.edu/accesscomputing/webd2

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)

Web Standardsour strategy for UD for the Web

User-Centered DesignTools for building awareness

Demographics – of disability, of ageing of population

User profiles - http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/

Aspects of course particularly effective at promoting UD

Emphasis on multi-faceted benefits – mobile, SEO, etc.

AT User Interview Use of screen reader and other

evaluation tools Opportunity for them to redesign a

site of their choice

Books & Curriculum Material

InterACT with Web Standards: A holistic approach to web design, Anderson, et. al.

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

Chisholm & May. UD for Web Applications

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

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

Books & Curriculum Material

Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design, Shawn Henry (2007) (free online edition)

A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences, Sarah Horton & Whitney Quesenbery (2014)

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

for Content Management Systems – focus on & WordPress (spring 2014)

Planned development of a graduate certificate program

Website Project Resources – uduc.org

Opportunities for Collaboration

Sharing of Resources

E-text book – looking for collaborators

Continuation of grant – replicating model at other campuses

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 Curriculum http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/M

ain_Page Physics Example page

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

Accessing Higher GroundConference

Accessible Media, Web & Technology November 17 – 21, 2014 Universal Design in Curriculum Track Westin Hotel - between Boulder & Denver www.accessinghigherground.org

Online Resources from UDUC

UDUC.org