Strategies and resources for increasing Universal Design content in post-secondary curriculum.

1. Integrating Universal Design
Content in University
Curriculum
Howard Kramer
University of Colorado-Boulder
hkramer@colorado.edu, 303-492-8672
AHEAD
hkramer@ahead.org
CSUN 2014

2. Presentation posted at
slideshare
http://slideshare.net/hkramer99/
UD-in-Curriculum-CSUN 2014.pptx

3. 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 Kramer
University of Colorado-Boulder
hkramer@colorado.edu, 303-492-8672

4. Today’s Objective(s)
 Acquire a sampling of examples of UD in
curriculum that you may replicate or build upon
 Provide you with ideas and strategies 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

5. NEA 2-year Grant
Promoting the Integration of
Universal Design Content into
University Curriculum (UDUC)

6. 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

7. 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”.

8. Universal Design - Beginnings
 What is Universal
Design?
 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, Product Designer,
Educator

9. “Capitol Crawl” - U.S. Capitol - 1990

10. Barrier-free movement of 1950s
& 60s

11. Devices created for
“special need”
Text to Speech

13. 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).
 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)

14. Universal Design – Key Points
 Goes beyond accessibility
 Not a separate accommodation
 Goes beyond following legal requirements
 Provides an improved product to all users

15. Universal Design – Audiences
 Persons with disabilities
 Older individuals
 Speakers of English as a second language
 Literacy deficits
 Lower socio-economic scale (poor access
to latest technology)
 Globalized audience

16. Picture from IDeA Center – the Goals of UD
http://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

17. From the IDeA Center – The Goals of UD
http://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

18. National Council on Disability
 Design for Inclusion: Creating a New
Marketplace – 2004 Report on ICT
 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).

19. 7 Principles of Universal Design

20. 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.

21. Universal Design – What do we
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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Content in University
Curriculum

23. Project Activities

24. Examples of UD content

25. Examples of UD content
Survey tool adapted by Meredith Banasiak, CU-Boulder

26. Student Projects

27. Arts & Humanities
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment
http://digitalwriting101.net/teaching/content/an-example-
of-the-power-of-digital-storytelling/

28. ATLAS
Alliance for Technology, Learning & Society
 Accessibility through WordPress (spring,
2014 – Joe Dolson)
 UD for Digital Media (online)
 UD for Digital Media (classroom)

29. Arts & Humanities
Wayfinding – Multidisciplinary UD Project
http://www.colorado.edu/news/features/students-create-new-cu-boulder-maps-
%E2%80%98universal-design%E2%80%99-expand-access

30. Beyond the
Sciences & Built
Environment
Designed for
different
audiences &
needs
http://www.colorado.edu/campuswayfinding

31. Arts & Humanities
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment

32. Wayfinding
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment

33. Wayfinding

34. Arts & Humanities
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment

35. Arts & Humanities
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment

36. Other Communication & Design
Projects
Beyond the Sciences & Built Environment
 Usability Study of Disability Services
Website

37. Beyond CU-Boulder
Course Profiles
 Human-Computer
Interaction
undergraduate class
 Class-wide public policy
projects Jonathan Lazar. PhD
Towson University

38. HCI Interaction undergraduate class
Course 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

39. HCI Interaction undergraduate class
Course Profiles
 Watch video of Dr. Lazar’s talk at:
http://uduc.org/show1videosessi
on.php?vpropid=1634

40. Standards-Based Web Design Course
Course Profiles
Terrill Thompson, University of Washington
www.uw.edu/accesscomputing/webd2

41. Other Communication & Design
Projects
 Universal Design for Digital Media

42. Universal Design for
Digital Media
Course Outline
(text version on next
slide)

43. Web Standards
our strategy for UD for the Web

44. User-Centered Design
Tools for building awareness
 Demographics – of disability, of ageing of
population
 User profiles -
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-
web/

45. 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

46. 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)

47. 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)

48. Other Developments
 Self-paced version of ATLAS 3518
 Debut of Universal Design for Content
Management Systems – focus on &
WordPress (spring 2014)
 Planned development of a graduate
certificate program
 Website Project Resources – uduc.org

49. Opportunities for Collaboration
 Sharing of Resources
 E-text book – looking for collaborators
 Continuation of grant – replicating model
at other campuses

50. Strategies
 Strategies for promoting UD in course
content on your campus

51. 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 2014
(Nov. 17 – 21)
 Accessinghigherground.org
 Videos from AHG 2013 –
 http://accessinghigherground.org/

52. Other Curriculum Resources
 A List Apart - Link-Rodrigue, The Inclusion
Principle,
 http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-inclusion-
principle/
 Dev.opera.com
 http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-introduction-
to-the-web-standards-cur/
 Usability.gov
 http://usability.gov/methods/test_refine/heuristic.h
tml
 Sitepoint.com
 http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/information-
architecture

53. Other Curriculum Resources
 First Principles of Interaction Design”
 (http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html
);
 “Personas”
 http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Personas
 WebAIM.org – The Legend of the Typical …
 http://webaim.org/presentations/2010/csun/screen
readersurvey.pdf
 W3C Web Standards Cirruculim
 http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/Main_P
age

54. Other Resources
 Web Design Awards & Training at CU
 http://www.colorado.edu/ODECE/UDAC/webcomp
2012.html
 WAVE - WebAIM.org
 http://wave.webaim.org/
 W3C Web Standards Curriculum
 http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/Main_P
age
 Physics Example page
 http://www.colorado.edu/ODECE/UDAC/physics%2
0page-2.htm

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

56. Online Resources from UDUC
UDUC.org