Everyone's Different! Accessibility cannot be an afterthought as designing for accessibility benefits all. By applying the UDL principles in our everyday teaching and learning practices we can remove barriers to learning and provide engaging learning experiences for all. In higher education librarians try to improve student information literacy and research skills through library instruction, which should be inclusive for all. Applying UDL to online library instruction means creating instruction and learning materials that take account of everyone's differences, preferences, and abilities. The aim of library instruction (whether online or face-to-face) is to teach information literacy and research skills. UDL provides us with a variety of strategies and resources to help meet diverse learning needs, improve accessibility to learning opportunities, and increase student success. Checkout my slides from CONUL Annual Conference, where I share my experience of applying UDL principles to online library instruction thanks to my participation with the National Forum Digital Badge in Universal Design for Teaching & Learning.
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Applying UDL to online library instruction means creating instruction and learning materials that take account of everyone's differences, preferences and abilities. The aim of library instruction (whether online or face-to-face) is to teach information literacy and research skills. Information literacy skills include the ability to find, retrieve, evaluate, store, manage and to reuse information to create new knowledge or solve problems. Why UDL? Well, UDL provides us with a variety of strategies and resources to help meet diverse learning needs, improve accessibility to learning opportunities, and increase student success.
The primary goal of Library Instruction is to teach information literacy and research skills that develop independent and lifelong learning skills that can be utilized beyond the college experience. Welcoming flexibility in delivering library training and instructional materials along with offering multiple ways for students to express themselves and demonstrate their knowledge can only make for a better more engaging learning environment and improved student success. |
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