Finding Our Way to Equity*
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. By now, most educators have seen the images of equity versus equality versus
Lauren Servais
April 13, 2020
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Equality, Inclusion, and Diversity
Designing for Accessibility: How to Front-Load Your Digital Content with UDL Principles
Accessibility is a big deal. We include statements about accessibility in our syllabi and on our institutional websites. We also need to ensure that we
Caran Howard, PhD
March 4, 2020
Dos and Don’ts When Working with International Students in the Classroom
Annually, approximately one million international students study in the U.S. where they advance science and research in various fields. Many international students go great lengths
Stefanie T. Baier, PhD
February 17, 2020
Culturally Responsive Teaching and UDL
Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 20, 2020
UDL and 21st Century Learning
Put simply, “people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone” (Mayer, 2005). Multimedia theory posits the idea that people’s brains more
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 13, 2020
UDL: A Powerful Framework
Increasingly, instructors at the college level are called upon to create classroom learning experiences that can be characterized using terms like academically rigorous, accessible, differentiated,
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 6, 2020
Supporting Learning in Students with Autism: What Do Professors Need to Know?
“Jason is a bright, ambitious, and warm 22-year-old. He wants to be a Geologist. However, Jason has a hard time staying focused in a large
Siva priya Santhanam, PhD
November 13, 2019
A Practical Strategy for Infusing Multicultural Content into Any Lesson
The important role professors play in helping our students appreciate cultural diversity cannot be overvalued. There has been much written about what a Culturally Responsive
David St. Germain, EdD
November 11, 2019
Who Am I? A Strategy for Teaching About Power and Privilege
Creating a successful learning experience is at the heart of instructional design and delivery. “In addition to academic instruction, one of a classroom’s teachers most
Heather Van Mullem, PhD
September 30, 2019
How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve
Reinard Valentine, MEd, and Melissa Brevetti, PhD
August 19, 2019