Welcome to Episode 125 of the Think UDL podcast: Cultivating a Culture of Accessibility with Rebecca Mushtare. Rebecca Mushtare is the associate dean of Graduate Studies and a professor of art and design at SUNY Oswego. With John Kane, she co-founded and co-hosts the Tea for Teaching podcast.

Rebecca’s primary research areas are inclusive design, design for older adults, and digital accessibility. She’s committed to designing equitable and transparent experiences in and out of the classroom. At SUNY Oswego she co-founded the Workgroup on Accessibility Practices in 2016 which has been responsible for many accessibility initiatives on campus including the Faculty Accessibility Fellows program that launched in 2019. She’s expanded her work on accessibility within SUNY by serving on the SUNY Empowering Students with Disabilities Task Force and working with the SUNY Center for Professional Development to offer workshops and training. Additionally, Rebecca has worked to spread these practices within civic engagement spaces including the local Vote Oswego initiative and the national civic engagement coalition, Students Learn Students Vote.

She’s co-authored research articles related to accessibility in the Journal for Postsecondary Education and Disability, Journal of Communication in Healthcare, and the eJournal of Public Affairs. You can also find her work in community engagement projects like the Recollection Project. In today’s conversation, Rebecca and I talk about digital accessibility practices, accessibility plans, accessibility fellows and 10-day, 5-day Accessibility challenges. But throughout this conversation we find out we all have a role to play in accessibility on our campuses and we hope this episode gives you some ideas for yours! Thank you for listening to this conversation on the Think UDL podcast.

Inclusive Impactful Instruction with Kevin Merry. Dr. Kevin Merry is the Head of Academic Development and Associate Professor of Learning, Teaching and Assessment at the Center for Academic Innovation and Teaching Excellence at DeMontfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom. His most recent book is Delivering Inclusive and Impactful Instruction: Universal Design in Higher Education. In today’s episode, we talk about the changing nature of higher education, mastery, feedback, and the cheese sandwich, but not the kind you eat. Tune in for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Kevin Merry and thank you for listening to this conversation on the Think UDL podcast.

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Think UDL podcast: AI and Ethics with James Basham. Dr. James Basham is a Professor in the Department of Special Education in the School of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is the founder of the Universal Design for Learning Implementation and Research Network (UDL-IRN). His research is focused on the implementation of UDL, STEM education, learner-centered design, innovation, and technology in human learning. He has received and managed over $27 million in successful research and development funding. He is well-published, has given hundreds of talks, serves on various boards for journals, companies, and organizations, and is the principal investigator on various projects including CIDDL, the Center for Innovation, Design and Digital learning.

In this episode we discuss AI and UDL in higher education, and how AI relates to competency based learning and various forms of assessment. We also discuss personalized learning and the ethics of how AI impacts the teaching and learning experience in higher ed. And finally, we also discuss Jamie’s work as the founder and principal Investigator of CIDDL.