Resource List

In addition to the resources included within each chapter, check out the following:

Articles, Blogs, and Chapters:

• A Few Ideas for Dealing with Late Work (Gonzalez, 2019)
• Alternative Final Assignment Formats (Clipperton, 2019)
• Applying the Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the College Classroom (Boothe, K. A. et al., 2018)
• Applying UDL to Online Active Learning: Instructional Designer Perceptions. (Rogers & Gronseth, 2021)
• Beyond the Food Pantry: Spreading the Word – Supporting Students’ Basic Needs with a Syllabus Statement and Welcome Survey (Goldrick-Rab, 2020)
• Check Your Syllabus 101: Disability Access Statements (zoë, 2018)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  • A ‘Stunning’ Level of Student Disconnection (McMurtrie, 2022)
• Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About Neurodiversity (Bailin, 2019)
• Connecting Universal Design for Learning With Culturally Responsive Teaching (Kieran & Anderson, 2019)
• Designing for Wellbeing: An Inclusive Learning Design Approach with Student Mental Health Vignettes (Lister & McFarlane, 2021)
• Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
  • How to Make a Syllabus Sound More Human (Kelliher, 2022)
• Do Late Penalties Do More Harm Than Good? (Hasinoff, 2022)
• Elevating the Objectives of Higher Education to Effectively Serve Students From Diverse Socioeconomic Backgrounds (Destin, Rosario & Vossoughi, 2021)
• Exploring the Potential of UDL with Regards to Mental Health Issues in Higher Education (Fovet, 2020)
• Improving Equity, Grade Challenges, and Late Work (University of South Carolina)
• Inside Higher Ed
  • From Pandemic to Endemic (Mintz, 2022) (Inside Higher Ed credentials required to access)
  • Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now (Imad, 2020) (Inside Higher Ed credentials required to access)
• Measuring the Effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning Intervention in Postsecondary Education (Davies et al., 2013)
• Mental Health and UDL (Takacs, 2021)
• Multiple Means of Expression (Coy, 2017)
• Offering Assessment Options: Motivating Learners Through Multiple Means of Action and Expression (Eadens & Eadens, 2021)
• Reconceptualizing Participation Grading as Skill Building (Gillis, 2019)
• Rethinking Deadlines and Late Penalty Policies…Again (Thomas, 2019)
• Supporting Teacher Demoralization through the UDL Framework (Froehlich & Novak, 2022)
• Trauma-Informed Teaching During COVID-19 (Roberts, 2020)
• Where Does Grading Come From? (Inoue, 2021)
• Why UDL is Essential to Higher Education’s “New Normal” (Tobin, 2020)

Books:

• Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching (Kumar & Refaei, 2021)
• Reach Everyone Teach Everyone (Tobin & Behling, 2018)
• Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (hooks, 1994)
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (van der Kolk, 2014)
• UDL University: Designing for Variability Across the Postsecondary Curriculum (Laist, Sheehan, & Brewer, 2022)
• Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice (Meyer, Rose, & Gordon, 2014)
• Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice Second Edition (Burgstahler, 2015)

Example Materials:

• Example Syllabus: CHEM 215-1 (Knezz)

Guides, Tips, and Tools:

• An Introduction to Content and Trigger Warnings (University of Michigan)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders Fact Sheet for Faculty (Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Diversity and Inclusion Syllabus Statements (Brown University)
• Guidance for Teaching During Turbulent Times (Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching @ NU)
• Inclusive Pedagogy Toolkit: Assessments (Georgetown University)
• NameCoach Name Pronunciation Tool (Digital Learning @ NU)
• Principles of Inclusive Teaching (NU)
• Resources for Creating Inclusive Teaching Environments and Supporting Students at Northwestern (Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching @ NU) (NU credentials required to access)
• Sample Assignment Using UDL Guideline Multiple Means of Representation
• Statement on Academic Accommodations for Religious Holidays (NU)
• Teaching Students in Multiple Time Zones(Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching @ NU)
• Transparent Assignment Template (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• Universal Design in Higher Education: Promising Practices (Burgstahler, 2013)

Initiatives, Organizations, and Programs:

• Center for Applied Special Technology
  • UDL on Campus
  • UDL Guidelines
  • Research Evidence
• College Autism Network (CAN)
• Embodying Your Curriculum
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching (EDIT) Media
• Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network
  • Open Discussion Group (Request to join)
• RespectNU (Student Affairs)

Podcasts:

• Teaching in Higher Ed
  • Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Pedagogy with Alex Venet (2021)
• Universal Design for Learning with Mark Hoffer (2015)
• Tea for Teaching
• Designing for Trauma (2022)
• Think UDL
  • Academic Integrity Through Assessment Design with Mark Glynn
  • Collaborative Learning and Student Engagement in Every Modality with Claire Major
  • Designing for Learning Equity with Kevin Kelly
  • Engaging Alternative Grading with Joshua Eyler
  • Engaging Ungrading with Susan Blum
  • Inclusive Syllabus Design with Kristen Helmer
  • New Paradigms in Course Design with Lee Skallerup Bessette
  • UDL University with Nicole Brewer, Randy Laist, and Dana Sheehan

TED Talks, Videos, and Webinars:

• Cruelty-Free Syllabus (Cheney, 2020)
• Mental Health Matters: How UDL Practices Benefit Students with Mental Health Difficulties (AHEAD)
• Practical Tips for Implementing UDL in the Higher Education Classroom (Owiny & Lohmann, 2019)
• The Myth of Average (Rose, 2013)
• UDL-Universe – A Comprehensive Faculty Development Guide: UDL Online Video Case Stories  (Sonoma State University)
• Universal Design at McGill University

Websites:

• Accessible Syllabus
• Advancing Your Teaching with Universal Design for Learning (University of Nebraska)
• Applications of Universal Design in Postsecondary Education (University of Washington)
• Community Building Activities (OneHE)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physics: Programs, Publications, and Other Resources Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physics (American Association of Physics Teachers)
• Inclusive Learning Environment (Feinberg School of Medicine @ NU)
• Universal Design for Learning (Georgetown University)
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (Office of Equity @ NU)