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Announce outcomes of deliberations and share information with full-time faculty <CIS-UFS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> on behalf of Matthew Cotter <Matthew.Cotter@CUNY.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 3:50 PM
To: CIS-UFS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU <CIS-UFS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: News From the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy
Dear Colleagues,
CUNY Office of Faculty Affairs and CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy (CITA) would like to share some information about disability and accessibility training initiatives for faculty for the 2024-2025 academic year. For any questions,
reach out to Jessica.Murray@cuny.edu.
2024-2025 Applied Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Online Training
The CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy is offering an asynchronous training course that will demonstrate UDL guidelines through examples of course design, content, teaching practices, and Brightspace features. The training will show how to
apply the newly updated UDL
Version 3.0 guidelines. The course is divided into nine modules, which will be released over the 2024-2025 academic year. Each module is expected to take around 30-60 minutes to complete.
Learn
more about the Applied UDL course and register.
Call for Applications - Facilitate a Universal Design for Learning Collaborative at your campus
The Office of Student Inclusion Initiatives wants to develop a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Collaborative at all CUNY campuses. Faculty have signaled an interest in learning more about accessibility and following the UDL guidelines
for active and engaged learning. We want to create opportunities for faculty and staff to connect and support each other in these efforts. We are seeking one facilitator per campus to coordinate meetings with interested CUNY community members in conjunction
with the asynchronous online course in UDL (see above for details).
UDL Collaborative facilitators will coordinate and advertise one meeting per month (October 2024 - May 2025) and can choose the modality (online or in-person) that works best for interested community members. Suggested sign-up forms and
communications will be provided, which facilitators can tailor with details for their campus. Registration and attendance reports must be submitted after each meeting. Faculty or staff in any department may apply to be a facilitator and will receive a stipend
of $1,500 for the year.
Deadline: Friday, September 13, 2024
Notification Date: Monday, September 23, 2024
Learn
more and apply to be a UDL Collaborative Facilitator.
Disability Rights in Education and Accessibility 101
Coming Soon!
The CUNY Office of Student Inclusion Initiatives will offer a 1-hour asynchronous training module for all CUNY faculty. It will cover three topics: 1) disability rights in higher education, 2) New York State IT Policy and your class, and
3) best practices for teaching students with disabilities.
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