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Education UD Assessments
Roger O. Smith, Ph.D.Director of 3 U.S. D.Ed. Demonstration Projects on Accessibility in Higher Ed
Education is a Unique Setting for UD Assessment
• The need for Education assessment ranges across Pre-school, K-12, Post-secondary, Adult & Continuing
• On higher education campuses, they are mini-cities with the need for UD across all types of functions (even playgrounds, museums, - maybe not factories….)
• Plus, the specialized functions of learning.
Types of Assessment Targets in Ed
• Physical Spaces: yards buildings• Information Presentation: unidirectional and
all topics and media• Learning Environment: (bi or multi-directional
interaction) & conventional, new, and highly exploratory instructional strategies.
Sampling of Assessments• EqTD• P3• Whiteboard heights• Campus Scorecard• Student Taxonomy (and revisions)• Others
Educational UD Resource
• Higher Ed, but much is relevant across educational contexts
• The ACCESS-ed website: – http://access-ed.r2d2.uwm.edu
Concerns
• For us a presenters, we need to improve or skills– Verbal descriptions in our presentations– Our methods to improve UD instruction in our
own instruction and others around us• For us as assessors and advocates
– Acquaint, Use, Maintain our engagement with accessibility assessments.