David
Arendale, "Universal Instructional Design: Eliminating
Barriers to Student Achievement and Retention"
presentation resource materials from 2007 Noel-Levitz
National Conference on Student Retention, Orlando, FL
Dear Colleagues and
Friends,
It was good meeting you at the recent Noel Levitz Conference. I enjoyed
the opportunity to share about Universal Instructional Design and its
use for improving student outcomes including retention rates. This web
page is designed to serve as a follow-up to my concurrent presentation
and provide some additional resources.
I would enjoy
continuing the conversation. Please send me an email at arendale@umn.edu or calling me at
(612) 625-2928.
Take care,
David
Arendale
Concurrent
Conference Presentation
Link
to materials associated with the presentation:
Link to PASS-IT Grant Web Page
PASS IT seeks
to address a compelling need in higher education by
developing a corps of trainers to facilitate professional development
workshops in the implementation of Universal Design (UD) and Universal
Instructional Design (UID) in higher education. UID, an adaptation of
the architectural concept of Universal Design, is a relatively new
model for providing access to higher education for students with
disabilities. Through UD and UID, staff and faculty create more
welcoming spaces for all students by rethinking professional practices
to develop curricula and programs that are inclusive for all learners.
When faculty and staff implement UD and UID as they begin planning for
a course, program, or activity by taking into consideration the
strengths and challenges of all students, they reduce or eliminate the
need to provide last-minute accommodations or to segregate students on
the basis of individual needs. As the grant continues, more
publicaitons will be available for free downloading from this web site.
Link to CTAD Book
and Training Manual
Curriculum
Transformation and Disability (CTAD), a collaboration of the University
of Minnesota's General College and Disability Services, was designed to
help postsecondary faculty make their classes more accessible to all
students, including students with disabilities. The CTAD workshop uses
the model of Universal Instructional Design, which encourages faculty
to provide alternatives in their curricula that will make it accessible
to a wide range of students from a variety of backgrounds. CTAD
completed its project activities in July, 2003, with the publication of
the Curriculum Transformation
and Disability Workshop Facilitator's Guide. A variety of publications are available
to download for free from this web site.
Link to CRDEUL Web Page
The Center for
Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy
(CRDEUL), in partnership with both The College of Education and Human
Development and the former General College (now named the Department of
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning) at the University of
Minnesota, promotes and develops multidisciplinary theory, research,
and practice in postsecondary developmental education and urban
literacy. Important publications available for free downloading from
this site include the General College Vision book (distributed to all
Noel Levtiz conference attendees) and an annual monograph series that
often focuses on increasing student academic achievement and graduation
rates. This monograph series features authors and researchers from
across the U.S. in additon to faculty and staff from the Univresity of
Minnesota.
General
Information on Student Retention
Link to On-line
Student Retention Publications
These are a
variety of on-line publications related to student retention practices.
Some of them were authored by educators from other countries.
Link to David
Arendale's On-line Student Retention Publications
These publications
by David Arendale are directly related to student retention. Look at
other link categories for other areas of more specialized retention
practices: (1) Access, Developmental
Education, & Learning Assistance; and (2) Peer Cooperative Learning Programs.
In this section there are a vareity of on-line publications by Arendale
on Supplemental Instruction. The annotated bibliography of
postsecondary peer cooperative learning programs examines all the
published literature on six major retention programs in higher
education.
Link to David Arendale's Web Page
This is my main
personal web page. Please select from the link categories on the left
side of the page to explore other on-line resources.
Link to David Arendale's
Blog Page
This is my
personal blog page where I post daily annotated resources related to
student academic success. Many of the publications are available
on-line and the web links are provided. Please post a comment on one of
the blog postings to start a conversation that you, I, and others can
continue.
Revised July 7, 2007