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
- 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
- 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)
