http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:11:48 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 19:11:48 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=349308 Technical & Professional Writing faculty member Neil Lindeman (San Francisco State University) discusses his experience applying the principles of Universal Design for Learning to his Writing Professional Promotions course. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=337902 This is a training material that is a self-directed tutorial on using Universal Design. The topics for the three individual modules are as follows: Foundations of Universal Design for Learning, Principles of Universal Design for Learning, and Teaching Universal Design for Learning. Each module is presented in multiple formats (PowerPoint with voice over, audio only, and text only) so one can choose the format that is best suitable. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=252019 The Equity and Excellence in Higher Education’s Universal Course Design (UCD) Web site has been designed for faculty, by faculty, to help you learn about UCD. There are a number of very useful features on this Web site to help you integrate universal design strategies into your courses.The features include:Examples of universally designed college course materialsOnline tutorials for using technology in your class (UD powerpoints, podcasts, word documents, etc...)Universally designed instructional and assessment strategiesA introductory video describing what UCD is.UD tools and resourcesA blog for faculty and college staff to discuss how and why to use UD strategies http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739494 The Cal State University grant supported project create an website that provides a wide range of resources to support faculty adoption of UDL principles and practices http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=700333 Floe provides the resources needed to enable inclusive access to personally relevant, engaging learning opportunities for the full diversity of learners and content producers. Through the Open Education Resources community, Floe makes tools that help transform, augment, and personalize the learning experience. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=699641 The Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook is designed to assist teachers, content creators, Web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalizable educational resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning styles and individual needs.The tips and advice apply whether you are creating curriculum resources for preschoolers, graduate curriculum or life long learning resources. The handbook also applies whether you are creating simple text-based resources, animations, applets, simulations or full production videos. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=699612 Open Author provides a place where educators can build and share high-quality open educational resources (OER), such as courses, units, lessons, activities and presentations, to meet teaching and learning needs around the globe. Open Author is a new tool in OER Commons (http://www.oercommons.org/) and supports the teacher as professional and creator, providing an environment where educational resources can be freely accessed and remixed to support an array of learning needs and diverse instructional contextsOER Commons is a teaching and learning network that provides organized access to high quality resources, information and tools. Open Author resources may be exported in a variety of formats for use in a course management system (CMS) or for presentations, and they may be printed for easy reference. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=526768 This website represents "״a unique collaboration between the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability in the Neag School of Education and the Center for Students with Disabilities in Student Affairs. Prior work in UDI is expanded through this project by applying the nine Principles of UDI© to online and technology blended learning environments at the postsecondary level. The UDI Online project focuses on the concept of "faculty as designer" and targets electronic teaching "e-Tools" that faculty can implement in their courses without requiring the support of an instructional or web design team. For this project, e-Tools are defined as digitally presented materials, instructional techniques, and/or strategies that can be used or manipulated by a course instructor to proactively create a learning environment that benefits a broad range of learners. E-Tools selected for inclusion in the e-Toolbox were vetted by the UDI Online project team and met criteria for accessibility, usability, effectiveness, and the application of one or more of the Principles of UDI©.״