The Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Presents

“Meet The Experts”Featuring

EnACT! How CSU Universal

Design Supports AccessibilityApril 22, 2010

1. Please use a headset or your computer speaker. Put microphones on MUTE.2. The CC in the Menu Bar opens Closed Captioning. Captions are provided by Rapid Text.3. Chat will be used for questions to the presenters.4. This presentation is being recorded and placed on the Professional Development Website5. Produced by: Jean Wells, jwells@calstate.edu

ENSURING ACCESS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY: CSU UNIVERSAL DESIGN SUPPORTS ACCESSIBILITY

California State University

“Ask the Experts” webinar

April 22, 2010

Speakers

Emiliano Ayala EnACT~PTD Principal-Investigator Chair & Associate Professor of Special

Education Brett Christie

EnACT~PTD Project Coordinator Director, Center for Teaching &Prof

Development Scott Severson

EnACT~PTD Research Associate &FLC Facilitator

Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy Suzanne Rivoire

EnACT UDL Faculty Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Brian Wilson EnACT~PTD UDL Faculty Associate Professor, Music

Overview of EnACT~PTD

Goal 1: Partnerships to Ensure Access to a Quality Postsecondary Education Research and implementation partnerships CSU Faculty Development Council UDL training, Faculty Learning Communities

Goal 2: Technology to Ensure Access to a Quality Postsecondary Education Accessible Instructional Media (AIM)

Goal 3: Dissemination of EnACT ~ PTD Content and Processes To date, UDL training at 15 CSU campuses Online video case stories and other AIM enact.sonoma.edu and MERLOT.org

UDL Principles for Effective Instruction

Faculty can offer various ways to REPRESENT (show) essential course concepts in support of recognition learning networks

Faculty can offer various ways to encourage student ENGAGEMENT (participate) in support of affective learning networks

Faculty can offer students various formats for EXPRESSION (demonstration) of what they have learned through strategic learning networks

EnACT: Faculty Success

Impact Data

• EnACT implemented on 8 different CSU campuses

• 100% of EnACT Faculty made UDL changes to their courses as a result of their participation

• 326 CSU faculty attended UDL training

• 87 project faculty• 46 disciplines

EnACT Faculty overwhelmingly reported training was important to the teaching/learning process

• 97% cited UDL as valuable• 100% highlighted benefits of FLC

72% of EnACT faculty would “not have made substantive changes”

•62/87 faculty

EnACT: Student Success

Measure SwD(n=107)

SwoD(n=3,311)

Average GPA 3.16Baseline: 2.19

3.02Baseline: 3.00

Course Completion 91%Baseline: 88%

93%Baseline: 92%

Withdraw Rate 11.2% 8.7%

Importance of UDL Principles 92% 93%

Accessible Instructional Media Direct relation to ATI, Priority 2 Originally a wide range of resource-types Now more focused online video case

stories Introduction Faculty development process Course redesign Effect on teaching effectiveness Effect on student learning Resources

Faculty Learning Community

Participants have had Intro to UDL training Group is Interdisciplinary FLC meetings facilitated using Guided Protocol Each FLC meeting features 1-2 faculty

presentations with peer feedback Each presenter leaves with a plan for next

steps Some faculty author AIM case stories

http://pachyderm.cdl.edu/elixr-stories/flc-ssu/

FLC Member Case Story - Suzanne

Suzanne Rivoire, Assistant Professor Computer Science “Multiple Means of Engagement in

Introductory Computer Programming” Overview of changes made

Impact on my teaching Impact on student learning

Case Story in final production stages. To be posted June 2010

FLC Member Case Story - Brian Brian Wilson, Associate Professor, Dept

Chair Music Theory, Analysis, & Composition “Teaching Music Theory with Color and

Movement” Overview of changes made

Impact on my teaching Impact on student learning

Case Story completed in March 2010 http://tinyurl.com/y5c4mwj

Discussion

We would be happy to hear your comments or answer any questions you may have regarding our UDL efforts!

enact.sonoma.edu

enact@sonoma.edu

The ATI Would Like to Thank Our Experts

EnACT and Sonoma State

Emiliano Ayala Brett Christie

Scott SeversonSuzanne Rivoire

Brian Wilson

A recording of this session will be posted at the Professional Development Website for Accessibility

http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access

Produced by: Jean Wells, jwells@calstate.edu All Rights Reserved, 2010 ©