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Elizabeth M. Dalton, Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, Britt T. Ferguson, Judith McKenzie
'Judith McKenzie'] Around the world, institutions of higher education are recognising their responsibilities to achieve the full inclusion of individuals with differing needs and/or disabilities. The frameworks of universal design (UD) and universal design for learning (UDL) offer unique ways to build inclusiveness in…
Judith A. McKenzie, Elizabeth M. Dalton
Within South African disability policy, the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities mandates a universal design approach defined as: ‘the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all persons to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialised…
Mairead Seymour
This paper documents the process and outcomes of redesigning an online research methods module for taught postgraduate students using Universal Design for Learning (UDL). It also explores the effectiveness of UDL-informed design and practice to support the development of social, cognitive and teacher presence as…
Murod Ismailov, Thomas K. F. Chiu
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines were extensively studied to understand inclusive learning and teaching in higher education. However, to date, there have been few studies that approached UDL-based asynchronous university courses from the needs satisfaction perspective in self-determination theory…
Jayshree Singh, Sachin Suknunan
This section examined whether the implementation of UDI will facilitate or maximise learning outcomes for SWVDs in the classroom. The majority of the respondents agreed that the implementation of UDI will facilitate or maximise learning outcomes for SWVDs in the classroom ([F0005]). Respondents believed that they will…
Mariel A. Pfeifer, Julio J. Cordero, Julie Dangremond Stanton
STEM instructors are encouraged to adopt active learning in their courses, yet our understanding of how active learning affects different groups of students is still developing. One group often overlooked in higher education research is students with disabilities. Two of the most commonly occurring disabilities on…
Rosana Montes, Liliana Herrera, Emilio Crisol
Learning perspective Authors: ['Rosana Montes' 'Liliana Herrera' 'Emilio Crisol'] The application of the Universal Design for Learning framework favors the creation of virtual educational environments for all. It requires developing accessible content, having a usable platform, and the use of flexible didactics and…
Wendy Wong, Yuchao Jiang, Yuekang Li
Although CS programs are booming, introductory courses like CS1 still adopt a one-size-fits-all formats that can exacerbate cognitive load and discourage learners with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurological conditions. These call for compassionate pedagogies and Universal Design For Learning (UDL) to create…
Amanda Lannan, Erin M. Scanlon, Jacquelyn J. Chini
Students with disabilities are enrolling in postsecondary education in increasing numbers1 and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at steady rates since the early 1990s. 2 Specifically, in 2014, the National Center on Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) found that 10.5% of students…
Norun Christine Sanderson, Siri Kessel, Weiqin Chen
Purpose Students in higher education are a diverse group comprising people with different backgrounds and abilities. Regulations require that digital learning materials and platforms employed in higher education accommodate this diversity. Furthermore, they require faculty members to have an understanding of universal…
Marina Buzzi, Barbara Leporini, Angelica Lo Duca
Accessible teaching has been extensively investigated in computer science, yet its integration into other disciplines, such as data literacy, remains limited. This paper examines the potential of data storytelling, defined as the integration of data, visualizations, and narrative, as a possible strategy for making…
Jie Lu, Matthew Schmidt, Jinnie Shin
Comprehensive Assessment of Usability for Learning Technologies (CAUSLT) Scale Authors: ['Jie Lu' 'Matthew Schmidt' 'Jinnie Shin'] Traditionally rooted in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), usability has been primarily associated with the technological performance of a system's user interface. However, as…
Aaron Steinfeld, John Zimmerman, Anthony Tomasic
There is great promise in creating effective technology experiences during situationally-induced impairments and disabilities through the combination of universal design and adaptive interfaces. We believe this combination is a powerful approach for meeting the UX needs of people with disabilities, including those…
Huawen Zhong, Wenkai Han, Guoxin Cui, David Gomez Cabrero + 3 more
Integrating single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data across species is hindered by evolutionary divergence, technical batch effects, and the reliance on one-to-one orthologs. We present Unify, a transfer learning methodology that learns universal cell embeddings by defining functionally coherent, multi-modal…
Jordan C. Thompson, James H. Griffin, Renée Link
Multimedia approaches, including short instructional videos, are complementary to traditional modes of instruction such as in-person lecture and written procedures. We describe the creation and implementation of Quick Reference (QR) instructional videos in an undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory (OCL) setting for…
Ada Fang, Zaixi Zhang, Andrew Zhou, Marinka Zitnik
Molecular interactions underlie nearly all biological processes, but most machine learning models treat molecules in isolation or specialize in a single type of interaction, such as protein-ligand or protein-protein binding. This siloed approach prevents generalization across biomolecular classes and limits the ability…
Sridhar Chimalakonda, Kesav V. Nori
for eLearning Systems for 22 Indian Languages and variants. In this paper, we present a family of software product lines as an approach to address this challenge of modeling a family of instructional designs as well as a family of eLearning Systems and demonstrate it for the case of adult literacy in India (287 million…
Melanie M Cooper, Marcos D. Caballero, Justin H. Carmel, Erin M. Duffy + 11 more
In recent years, much of the emphasis for transformation of introductory STEM courses has focused on “active learning”, and while this approach has been shown to produce more equitable outcomes for students, the construct of “active learning” is somewhat ill-defined, and can encompass a wide range of pedagogical…
Peggy Brickman, Cara Gormally
Biology faculty have consensus-based guidelines based on Vision and Change principles about what to teach introductory biology majors. In contrast, faculty have not reached a consensus concerning the learning goals for introductory non-majors courses. Yet, more than 8 out of 10 undergraduates are not science majors.…
Xinjian Cen, Rachel J. Lee, Christopher Contreras, Melinda T. Owens + 1 more
Active learning, including student thinking and discussion in class, has been shown to increase student learning gains. However, it is less clear how variations in how instructors implement active learning affect student gains. Our study aims to investigate the extent to which the time spent on individual episodes of…
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Sequence is the critical determinant of macromolecular function, yet current polymer design approaches often optimize monomer composition and ratios while ignoring sequence. This creates poorly defined design spaces for active learning that miss the vast combinatorial landscape of sequence possibilities. We introduce…
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The integration of machine learning methods is transforming many areas of research by, for instance, accelerating molecular dynamics simulations and enabling improved prediction and optimization of chemical reactions. However, despite this progress, the adoption of data-driven approaches in atomic layer deposition…
Ronald Marquez, Laura Tolosa, Ruben Gomez, Cesar Izaguirre + 3 more
The teaching-learning process in traditional university education uses strategies that position the student as a recipient of information conveyed by the teacher and conceptualized as knowledge. The reality in which we live, including the characteristics of new generational groups, requires the generation of training…
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In philosophy and science, a first principle is a basic proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. Ancient Greek philosophy Aristotle defined the first principle as “the first basis from which a thing is known.” First principles thinking (or reasoning from first…