Education UD Assessments

Roger O. Smith, Ph.D.Director of 3 U.S. D.Ed. Demonstration Projects on Accessibility in Higher Ed

Education is a Unique Setting for UD Assessment

• The need for Education assessment ranges across Pre-school, K-12, Post-secondary, Adult & Continuing

• On higher education campuses, they are mini-cities with the need for UD across all types of functions (even playgrounds, museums, - maybe not factories….)

• Plus, the specialized functions of learning.

Types of Assessment Targets in Ed

• Physical Spaces: yards buildings• Information Presentation: unidirectional and

all topics and media• Learning Environment: (bi or multi-directional

interaction) & conventional, new, and highly exploratory instructional strategies.

Sampling of Assessments• EqTD• P3• Whiteboard heights• Campus Scorecard• Student Taxonomy (and revisions)• Others

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The Picture of a Slide

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See the reach? See the feet?

Educational UD Resource

• Higher Ed, but much is relevant across educational contexts

• The ACCESS-ed website: – http://access-ed.r2d2.uwm.edu

Concerns

• For us a presenters, we need to improve or skills– Verbal descriptions in our presentations– Our methods to improve UD instruction in our

own instruction and others around us• For us as assessors and advocates

– Acquaint, Use, Maintain our engagement with accessibility assessments.

Thank-you!