1. Universal Design in Higher Education: Conversation Starter
Brief summary of slide: Universal Design in Higher Education – A Conversation Starter is embedded in an ACCESS-ed, R2D2 formatted slide from UWM.
Summary of slide: This is the introductory slide about the ACCESS-ed Project on Universal Design in Higher Education. The slide provides the ACCESS-ed logo, the title of the presentation, the R2D2 logo in the upper left hand corner, the UW-Milwaukee logo in the lower left hand corner, copyright information in the lower right hand corner, and two buttons in the middle to either begin the presentation or to go to accessibility instructions.
Detailed description of slide: The background of this slide consists of a slightly angled line on the top, above which is maroon. The maroon part is thicker on the left and gets thinner on the right. This pattern is repeated in a similar fashion on the bottom of the slide. On the bottom, the maroon starts thin and ends up wider at the right side. Both top and bottom have the same angle. The middle portion of the slide is a white trapezoid.
On the lower right hand corner of the slide, within the maroon section, is the copyright information “2007 Rehabilitation Research Design & Disability (R2D2) Center, UW-Milwaukee, This background is repeated on all slides in this presentation. In addition, the rest of the slides in this presentation have the ACCESS-ed logo in the upper right hand corner of the white space. On this slide, in the upper left hand corner is the R2D2 Center logo, the full name of the Center, and the name “University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee” in white. In the lower left hand corner of this slide is the University’s logo, shown as “UWMILWAUKEE”, with “UWM” underlined by a double line representing a flag folding back on itself. Above “MILWAUKEE” written in a smaller font is “University of Wisconsin.” The middle of the slide consists of the ACCESS-ed logo, the title of the slide, and two navigation buttons located below the title. The ACCESS-ed Project logo appears at the top, center with “ACCESS” in maroon and “ed” in black and PROJECT is written underneath, separated by a line. Below this is the title of the slide written in black letters “Universal Design in Higher Education: Conversation Starter”. Below the title are two yellow rectangular navigation buttons with black text. The upper is a shorter width and reads “Begin Presentation,” while the lower is wider and reads “Go to Accessibility Instructions.”
Begin Presentation
Begin Presentation
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2. Overview of Presentation
Our current campus system of individual ACCOMMODATIONS.
UNIVERSAL DESIGN in EDUCATION (UDE) – What is it and why?
What is a Departmental Accessibility Resource Coordinator (DARC)?
Speakers Notes - Overview of what the items to be covered are for this first session. First, discussion of current system of individual accommodations as model that is used on campuses. Number two leads to a new way of looking at accessibility and inclusiveness. Universal design reaches out to more students who have disabilities, especially hidden disabilities, and also helps those who do not. It is not entirely new practice for instruction and learning. Number four talks about the DARC and their roles and responsibilities.

3. The A3 Model Advocacy Accommodation Accessibility
Conceptual model for how organizations address the needs of people with disabilities
Speaker notes: This model originated with researchers at University of Wisconsin to illustrate that there are different approaches, the three A’s, for serving students with disabilities. Frequently, lay people use the three terms interchangeably, but each term represents a different type of approach.

4. A3 Model
Speakers Notes and Discussion – This model was created to illustrate how campuses and organizations address the needs of people with disabilities. Note that each phase includes all 3 approaches to serving students with disabilities (advocacy, accommodation, accessibility) in varying proportions. Note how movement from right to the left side is toward a more optimal and inclusive approach “by design” or more proactive in nature.
Brief Description of Slide: A3 Model diagram depicting three phases: advocacy, accommodation and accessibility.
Short Description: The full A3 diagram is shown to illustrate how the three phases of the model, advocacy, accommodation, and accessibility come together. The advocacy phase represents the majority of the model early on (to the left) and is when an awareness is raised due to some event; the accommodation phase represents the majority of the model as time moves on (towards the middle) and is when something is changed in order to meet the needs of one individual; and the accessibility phase represents the majority of the model in the later stages (towards the right) and is when something is changed to meet the needs of all individuals. The three phases occur on a continuum and as time goes on we progress further within the model toward universal design and accessibility.
Long description: Theoretical relationships of advocacy, accommodation, and accessibility are demonstrated as a function of time (the x-axis) in a 100% stacked area chart. That is, the contributions of advocacy (in black), accommodation (in gray), and accessibility (white) to an organization’s approach sum to 100% of its approach at any point in time. The y-axis is labeled, “Proportions of investment used to meet the needs of people with disabilities (expressed as the proportions of the three strategies used to meet the needs of people with disabilities).” The full A3 diagram is shown to illustrate how the three phases of the model, advocacy, accommodation, and accessibility come together. The advocacy phase represents the majority of the model early on (to the left) and is when an awareness is raised due to some event; the accommodation phase represents the majority of the model as time moves on (towards the middle) and is when something is changed in order to meet the needs of one individual; and the accessibility phase represents the majority of the model in the later stages (towards the right) and is when something is changed to meet the needs of all individuals. The three phases occur on a continuum and as time goes on we progress further within the model, In the first panel on the left, the largest proportion is black, representing Advocacy as primary, Accommodation as smaller, but growing, and then Accessibility. In the second panel, Accommodation is the largest proportion (gray) and Advocacy is decreasing and Accessibility is increasing. In the last panel, Advocacy is a small proportion, with Accommodation diminishing and Accessibility taking the majority of the panel.

5. Knocking of the door in the background
Advocacy in the A3 Model
This person is waving, yelling, and knocking to draw attention to herself, to let others know that she needs assistance to get into the building.
Brief Description: Advocacy Phase described with a photograph
Summary description of slide: This slide demonstrates the advocacy phase by showing a woman in wheelchair outside a door. She is knocking to get inside. This women is raising awareness to those inside that she needs help getting inside due to her status of being in a wheelchair. There are no automatic door openers or other means. Knocking can be heard.
Detailed description of slide: The title of this slide is Advocacy in the A3 Model and is located at the top, center of the slide. Just below and slightly to the right of the title there is a picture of a person in a wheelchair waving, yelling, and knocking at a door to draw attention to herself to let others know that she needs assistance to get into the building. The woman in the wheelchair is in the center of the picture facing two doors at the main entrance of a building. The woman has her left hand on the rim of her wheelchair, while her right hand is raised. The doors are glass and pull out to open. There are large windows to the woman’s right, with bricks underneath the windows. Below and slightly to the left of the title is text describing the picture. Just below the picture is speaker icon and text indicating that this slide has the sound of knocking.
Knocking of the door in the background

6. Accommodation in the A3 Model
We anticipate a need. Here, a person waits by the door to assist people who need help.
Speaker notes: Anticipation of needs based on student input.
We are prepared to meet needs following dialogue with the student, disability services personnel, and instructor or service personnel. (In this case, the woman assisting is a food service worker who is opening the door to the café when she sees a patron in a wheelchair.)
“Complaints” are reduced since a system is in place through use of disability service personnel and campus policies to accommodate.
People with disabilities receive a somewhat different “product” than people without disabilities. This likely requires some additional time, $, effort, etc.
Brief Description: Photograph showing example of Accommodation phase
Summary description: This slide demonstrates the accommodation phase by showing a photograph of the same woman in a wheelchair from the previous pictorial slide. In this slide she is being helped by another woman who is opening the door for her. The woman opening the door is meeting the need of getting that one individual inside, which is accommodation.
Detailed description of the slide: The title of this slide is Accommodation in the A3 Model and is located at the top, center of the slide. Below the title is a photograph slightly to the right of slide. There is text below the title and to the left of the photograph. In the photograph there is a person standing by the door, holding it open for a person in a wheelchair who needs help to enter the building. A two door main entrance is seen with glass doors, one that is being held open by pulling outward. A woman is standing on the right side of the picture holding the door open for a woman in a wheelchair on the left. There are large windows on both sides of the doors, with bricks beneath the windows.

7. Accessibility in the A3 Model
This automatic doorway opens when rolled or walked upon, making the doorway accessible to everyone.
Speaker notes: This woman can function independently, given that the door has been made accessible to her. She does not need another person to accommodate her need.
Brief Description: Accessibility Phase, as demonstrated with a photograph.
Summary of slide: This slide demonstrates accessibility by showing a photograph of a woman passing through an automatic doorway that opens when rolled or walked upon by users with and without disabilities. The doorway is accessible to everyone in the exact same way. She appears to be exiting a building.
Detailed description of slide: The title of this slide is Accessibility in the A3 Model and it is located at the top, center of the slide. There is a photograph located below and slightly to the right of the slide. Text is located below the title and to the left of the photograph. In the photograph, a person in a wheelchair is propelling her wheelchair through an open automatic doorway. The woman has both of her hands on the rails of her wheelchair and is wheeling herself out of a glass door that opens away from her and to the left. There is a mat on the floor that the wheelchair is rolling over. The wall to the woman’s left is brick and there is a full-length window to her right.

8. Expanding Upon the Idea
The concept of UD in education applies to:
Facilities
Academic applications
Classroom instruction
Distance learning courses
Laboratory and fieldwork
Information Media
Speakers notes: We are now moving in the direction to generalize the concept of universal design from just the physical environment, to all aspects of the learning environment. This is a broader application of the concept of universal design.

9. The DARCs (Departmental Accessibility Resource Coordinators) Roles and Responsibilities:
Identify nearby exemplars and recognize “achievers” in department.
Serve as a departmental resource - provide basic information to staff regarding universal design concepts and resources for inclusive education/instruction. Web, printed materials, etc.
Participate in periodic in-services.
Take an active role in departmental meetings, activities, and services to disseminate newly acquired information.
Advocate for accessibility to and within your department for individuals with disabilities.
Serve as a role model, willing to encourage others to think about accessibility, universal design, and an inclusive campus climate.
Speaker – A more detailed hand-out is available for use as a follow up to this slide.

10. The Beginning
Speaker: You may be wondering why this doesn’t say “The End”. Our project is part of a new beginning in higher education and inclusiveness. Universal design in higher education will not happen overnight. It will take a long time, just as other new modes of education and design take time to make there way into the mainstream of society.

11. THANK YOU!

12. Presenter Options, Including Universal Access Features
The “speaker notes” function in PowerPoint is used as a universal access feature.
The speaker notes contain text descriptions of the graphics, because it was not feasible to do this with PowerPoint’s ALT text function to provide access for people with disabilities, including vision and cognitive impairments.
The notes can also be used to prepare a presenter for delivering the slides.
Where graphics repeat, the descriptions for graphics only describe what has changed from the previous slide.
Unfortunately, current versions of the free PowerPoint Viewer do not support “speaker notes.”
Speakers Notes: This will be the second slide shown if you press the button labeled “Go to Accessibility Instructions” in the first slide. Review with participants and then go to the next slide, which is the second and final slide describing accessibility options.

13. Presenter Options – Viewing Speaker Notes
Using the “Slide Show” view
In Windows, right click on the slide in use or use the context key to bring up the menu, and then select “speaker notes”
On a Mac, using Ctrl + Click on the slide and select “speakers notes” from the menu.
The notes can also be seen as a part of the “Normal” view or directly by using the “Notes Page” view.
When in “Normal” view, F6 can be used to switch between the slide, notes, and outline panes respectively.
Go back to the opening presentation slide
Speakers Notes: You can return back to the beginning of the presentation if you click over “Go back to the opening presentation slide.”

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