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Establishing Considerations for Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility in Online Courses

Aisha S. Haynes

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Students with and without disabilities are enrolling in online courses. Universal design for learning (UDL) and accessibility strategies should be implemented proactively when designing and developing online courses. Quality assurance and accessibility standards, university support, professional development, and instructional designers are important for instructors to successfully design online courses and teach online. The purpose of this chapter is to provide educators with strategies for implementing UDL and accessibility in online courses.

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Key concepts: Universal Design for Learning, Online learning, Universal design, Web accessibility, Computer science, Instructional design, Quality (philosophy), Multimedia