In this course, you will develop an in-depth understanding of the relationships between inclusive design, accessibility, and universal design for learning (UDL) and how these elements contribute to humanizing design. You will demonstrate your understanding of these concepts by creating an online lesson that exemplifies this design practice. This challenge will be scaffolded by assignments in which you develop a learner persona, write a lesson plan that applies UDL guidelines, and identify technical accessibility problems and solutions in a sample course. You will also participate in self-reflection, discussion, and peer review to further develop your understanding of humanized design. The learning outcomes of this course align with the LDT core competencies of:
Critical Digital Literacy
Instructional Design
Leadership
Diversity, Equity, Revision and Whole-Person Belonging
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Reflect on the relationships between inclusive design, accessibility, UDL, and humanized design.
Explain the importance of designing for the whole person, including how it benefits and connects all users.
Create a learner persona using diverse and equitable design standards.
Remediate a course’s accessibility by applying WCAG standards.
Create an online lesson that exemplifies humanizing design by applying accessibility and UDL guidelines.
Humanizing & Inclusive Design
Acknowledging Identity
Humanizing Design Strategies
Learner Personas
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Digital Accessibility
Laws & Standards
Images & Media
Text & Documents
Webpages
Remediation
Building a Humanized Online Lesson
This is a fully online, asynchronous course. That means there are no required meetings. The course is delivered via Canvas.
Learners should be prepared to write measurable student-facing learning outcomes/objectives and develop online learning materials. Consider taking INTE 5100 prior to this course if you don’t have experience constructing learner outcomes.