This guide has been developed in partnership with the Fanshawe College OER Design Studio. This guide is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted.

We want to thank the following original authors from the USask Teaching, Learning, and Student Experience (TLSE) unit for generously providing their work for reuse:

• Sara Dzaman, Educational Development Specialist, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
• Derek Fenlon, Instructional Designer, Distance Education Unit
• Julie Maier, Instructional Designer, Distance Education Unit
• Toni Marchione, Educational Developer, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning

Original Copyright

This guide has been adapted from the following:

Universal Design for Learning: One Small Step Copyright © 2022 by Sara Dzaman, Derek Fenlon, Julie Maier, and Toni Marchione is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Change Log

This version contains stylistic, organizational and branding changes that differ from the above source. In addition, changes in wording and references to some external resources have been either updated or removed. Fanshawe College-specific information has been added to reflect our teaching and technology ecosystem.

Additional Resources

Excerpts from the following have also been incorporated into this guide:

“Accessibility in Teaching and Learning” in Orientation to Teaching at the UofL Handbook (2021) by Joerdis Weilandt from the UofL Teaching Centre and is used under a  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Appendices 

Content in the following appendices has been adapted from the following:

Accessibility Handbook for Teaching and Learning by Briana Fraser and Luke McKnight is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Updates

This guide is a work in progress and will be updated routinely to reflect new and changed processes within the Fanshawe College community. Faculty are encouraged to check back regularly for updates.

Updates will be logged on the version history page.

Original Source Attributions

Materials in this book have been borrowed and adapted from various Open Educational Resources (OER), as is listed on this page. We thank these various creators for sharing their work with us.

Clyne, C. & Goel, T. (2022). Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) course: Universal Design for Learning (UDL). BCcampus. CC BY-NC-SA. Retrieved from https://bccampus.ca/event/flo-udl/

Coolidge, A., Doner, S., Robertson, T., & Gray, J. (2018). Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition. BCcampus. CC BY-NC-SA. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/

eCampusAlberta (2016). Online course shell: Universal Design for Learning in Online Education. CC BY. Retrieved January 4, 2022.

Kearney, D. B. (2022). Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA). eCampus Ontario. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved from https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/universaldesign/

La, H., Dyjur, P., & Bair, H. (2018). Universal design for learning in higher education. Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary: University of Calgary. CC BY-NC-SA. Retrieved from https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/universal-design-learning-higher-education