Universal Design in Higher Education
Current Practice and a
Common Vision for the Future
Day 1 – Morning
Monday, July 12, 2010
Universal Design in Higher Education: Current Practice
8:30 to 9:20 / Keynote/Welcome and a Common Vision for the FutureDave Edyburn, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
9:30 to 11:45
(See Break) / Current Practice – Concurrent Session A (Choose 1)
1. Cultivating Awareness: One Online University’s Story
Karen Mattison & Jacqueline Dutot, Capella University
2. Technology Preference of Post Secondary Students with LD (Assistive Technology Focus)
Sue Steinwig Jennifer Williams, East Carolina University
3. Walking the UD Talk: Applying New Thinking of Disability in your DSS Work
Gladys Loewen Melanie Thornton, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
10:30 to 10:45 / Break – Refreshments
11:45 to 1:15 / Lunch on your own – Hotel restaurants and shopping mall restaurants just outside the hotel
Day 1 – Afternoon
Monday, July 12, 2010
Universal Design in Higher Education: Current Practice
1:20 to 3:20 / Current Practice – Concurrent Session B (Choose 1)1. Delivering on the Promise of UD Using a Learning Management System
Sarah Bryans Bongey, College of Saint Scholastica & Trudie Hughes, University of Minnesota, Duluth
2. A Conceptual Framework for Thinking About and Articulating UD Post-secondary
Maria Bacigalupo, Curry College
3. Incremental Universal Design
Roger O. Smith, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
3:20 to 3:35 / Break – Refreshments
3:35 to 5:30 / Current Practice – Concurrent Session C (Choose 1)
1. Infusing Universal Design on Campus through Departmental Accessibility Resource Coordinators (DARCs)
Tom LoGuidice, University Wisconsin - Platteville
2. Better Learning by Design: Using Faculty UDL Profiles to Design Collaborative Plans for Individual Faculty
Sue Edelman & Lawrence Shelton, University of Vermont
3. Strategies for UDL Research, Campus Change, and Dissemination
Catherine Schelly, Marla Roll & Craig Spooner, Colorado State University
Universal Design in Higher Education
Current Practice and a
Common Vision for the Future
Day 2 – Morning
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Universal Design in Higher Education: Common Vision for the Future
8:30 to 9:30 / Virtual Tour: The Universally Designed DSS OfficeElizabeth Watson, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
9:30 to 10:30 / Teaching Web Accessibility at the Source – in a University Web Design Class
Howard Kramer, University of Colorado - Boulder
10:30 to 10:45 / Break – Refreshments
10:45 to 11:45 / Public Procurement – Purchasing for the Whole Community
A 1-hour interactive session – Roger O. Smith, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
11:45 to 12:45 / Working Lunch – Buffet Lunch Provided
"Meet the Speakers and Networking"
Day 2 – Afternoon
Monday, July 12, 2010
Universal Design in Higher Education: Common Vision for the Future
1:00 to 2:00 / Measuring Campus AccessibilityRoger O. Smith & Aura Hirschman, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
§ A3 Model
§ How does your campus assess what is being done well and what needs improvement?
§ What tools are out there and what have you found useful for measuring the accessibility of products, programs, and/or environments?
§ Perspective of stakeholders
§ Brief introduction of campus accessibility plan for the afternoon
2:00 to 5:00 / Creating Your Campus 3-year Accessibility Plan: Dave Edyburn, Roger O. Smith, Aura Hirschman, Tom LoGuidice & Elizabeth Watson, University of Wisconsin System Campuses
2:00 – 2:45 What is a 3-year plan and what is included?
Goals, Indicators, Benchmarks
2:45 – 3:30 Group work
3:30 – 3:45 Break – Refreshments
3:45 – 4:15 Resume group work
4:15 – 5:00 Group Discussion
5:00 to 5:15 / Wrap Up