Instructional Design & Accessibility
Overview
This short course aims to increase educators' awareness of matters relating to accessibility and how they can remove these barriers to increase access for all to education.
Instructional Design
1. Watch the video below about how we can use instructional design to create an accessible learning environment for all students.
Source:
Jóhanna Bjartmarsdóttir. (2023, October 14). Kennsluhönnun & aðgengi: Kynning. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXeb4larI0&t=2s
Accessibility
2. After watching the video, identify the aspects of the course environment created in the online courses demonstrated in the video increases access to education, for what student populations, and why:
For example, including audio options and text-to-speech software increases accessibility for deaf students and dyslexic students.