Events
Accessibility Showcase - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Accessibility Showcase features faculty achievements in implementing Universal Design for Learning as part of SF State University's response to the CSU's Executive Order 926, which mandated that all information, resources, and facilities be universally accessible to students, faculty and staff. The event offers faculty and staff the opportunity to see and discuss innovative work, creative instructional strategies, campus-wide policies, and technical resources in order to realize UDL and promote social justice and equity.
Philosophical Foundations
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act required that state facilities provide qualified individuals with equal access to programs, services, and activities.
The concept of Universal Design was developed by Ron Mace, an architect. Mace believed that rather than retrofitting buildings, facilities and appliances in order to make them accessible to individuals with disabilities, it would be better to integrate universal accessibility into the original blueprint. In 2002, David Rose and Ann Meyer proposed that Universal Design could be applied to education by setting accessibility polices, training faculty and staff to design and implement accessible technology and pedagogy, and procuring appropriate technology.
Resources for Universal Design for Learning can be found online at http://www.sfsu.edu/~ctfd/udl
This event will take place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Jack Adams Hall (CSCC)
Event schedule:
9:00-9:15: Welcome
9:15- 10:15: Introduction and remarks* (Jeannie Cheng, Gene Chelberg, Geoff Brown)
10:15-11:15: Table browsing and demonstrations
11:15-12:00: CTFD presents UDL video
12:00-12:45: Table browsing and demonstrations
12:45- 1:30: Introduction and remarks (repeat morning session)
1:30- 3:00: Faculty presentations* on applying UDL (Paul Beckman, Alise Paillard, Ray Trautman, Laura Meschke)
* Will be sign language interpreted
The following departments and organizations will be participating at the showcase:
- Academic Technology
- AT's Media Acquisitions Department
- Accessible Technology Initiative Taskforce
- Center for Teaching and Faculty Development
- Disability Programs & Resource Center
- DIVA
- iLearn
- One-Stop Verbatim Services
- SFSU Bookstore
- University Police Emergency Planning & Preparedness Team
Past Events
- SFSU Accessible Technology Initiative and Task Force Launch - December 8, 2006 -President Robert A. Corrigan charged the task force and Gene Chelberg, Director of the DPRC, provided an overview of the work ahead.
- Universal Design for Learning 1 and 2
- Dreamweaver Training + Accessibility
- iLearn Training for faculty + Accessibility
- Lunchtime seminar with faculty
