Teaching

How to make your teaching more inclusive

Universal Design for Learning or UDL is an educational framework that guides educators in creating  curricula that serves all learners.  Just as curb cuts make public streets more accessible for not only those in wheelchairs but for anyone pushing a stroller, those using crutches, anyone on a bicycle, and so forth,  the benefits of UDL extend beyond those with disabilities.

ThinkUDL Podcast

Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning 

If Equity is a Priority, UDL is a Must

Fostering Inclusion with Universal Design for Learning

Q&A: Making Sense of Universal Design for Learning

A Systematic Review of Empirically Based Universal Design for Learning: Implementation and Effectiveness of Universal Design in Education for Students with and without Disabilities at the Postsecondary Level

Classrooms are increasingly diverse, with first generation students, students with disabilities, Native American students, LGBTQ+ students, students who are parents, students who have mental health struggles, students with illnesses, and of course students who live within the intersection of multiple identities. Here are some resources on groups you may not have considered. 

Culturally responsive teaching

Beyond the Margins: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Students

Microaggressions in the Classroom

3 racial microaggressions that teachers commit every day — and how to avoid them

Responding to Microaggressions in the Classroom: Taking ACTION

Why Decolonization?

Decolonizing the Classroom: Creating a Welcoming Environment for  American Indian Students

Strategies for Creating More Trans*-Affirmative Classrooms

Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students

The Challenges of Parenting While in College

STEM Climate for Students with Disabilities

10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms

Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist

Resilient Pedagogy-Practical Teaching Strategies to Overcome Distance, Disruption, and Distraction

20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course

Technology 

Technology has the potential to improve access or provide more challenges. Consider how the technology you use (or prohibit) potentially limits or ostracizes others. Below are resources on assistive technology, captioning, etc.

IncludEdu- allows you to search for assistive technology by disability and by Mac/PC/Google.

'AT Hive'- An Assistive Technology Resource

Present Google slides with live captions

Captioning with PowerPoint

Captioning Your Own Video for Free

Easy Accessibility Practices for Blackboard Content

Dyslexia Font and Style Guide

Laptop Bans in Classrooms and Why We Shouldn’t Have Them

Creating an Accessible Classroom

Creating Accessible Programming

Slackbot for Inclusive language

Student-centered learning (Microsoft)

The documents, slideshows, and other materials we use to teach and present information should all be inclusive. This means providing alternative formats, clear labels and headings, alternative text for images, and more. 

Understanding Document Accessibility- A Reference for Creating Accessible Office Documents

NWEA Image Description Guidelines for Assessments

Complex Images for All Learners

Planning Conferences and  Events

Conferences, speaker events, workshops, and etc. often include barriers for those with chronic illnesses, disabilities, parents, international scholars and students, those with limited incomes, and others. Or they are exclusive in that they contain panels with all white men.

I’m Sick of Inaccessibility. Here’s How You Can Make Your Event More Accessible to People with Chronic Illnesses

Inclusive Conference Presentation Guidelines

A Guide for Planning Inclusive Events, Seminars, and Activities

A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement

Accessibility of Conferences-Chronically Academic

Opinion: How to tackle the childcare–conference conundrum

Hosting accessible online events, meetings and webinars

All conferences should be virtual in a post-coronavirus world

The Revolution Must Be Accessible-A guide for building access-centered online movement education.

Toward a More Accessible Conference Presentation- Preparing your presentation and giving it.

Websites, Social Media,  Your Online Presence 

Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List

Web accessibility evaluation tool

Check that your website is safe for those with epilepsy

Is your website compatible for those with color-blindness?

Designing for accessibility is not that hard-Seven easy-to-implement guidelines to design a more accessible web

Images, whether posted on Twitter or in an academic journal, should have alternative text that describes the image to those using screen readers. 

Adding alternative text to your Tweets with images

Geography and Earth Sciences

Are your map colors compatible for color blindness (color brewer)?

Are your map colors compatible for color blindness (Viz Palette)?

Are your map colors compatible for color blindness (Chroma.js)?

Vega-declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs

The Accessibility of Web Maps

GeoContext

Defra map design standards

Image description guidelines (maps specifically)

Ways to make fieldwork more inclusive and accessible: insights from the CULTIVATE team

STEM in General

Achieving diversity in science

Diverse speakers in STEM lists

It's time to stop excluding people with disabilities from science

Being Human in STEM

Responses to 10 Common Criticisms of Anti-Racism Action in STEM

Concrete Steps for Recruiting, Supporting, and Advancing Underrepresented Minoritized Scientists