Overview

This 8-week, instructor-led course explores seeks to make online learning equitable, flexible, and accessible for all types of learners. In this course, you will discover how principles of Universal Design for Learning can help you create course content that can be accessed and used by anyone, including people with disabilities. Explore issues, concerns, strategies, and best practices as it relates to this framework.

Learners who complete this course have the opportunity to earn the Master Online Teacher Certificate, the Digital Accessibility for Educators Certificate, or one of our microcredentials.

Outcomes

As a result of completing course activities and interacting in discussion forums, participants will:

  • Apply universal design for learning principles to professional work products. 
  • Describe the connection between UDL and student retention.
  • Develop strategies to adapt instruction to include UDL.
  • Identify the basic concepts of accessible design and how they apply to online learning.
  • Summarize criteria for selecting media to include in course instruction and define how these resources fit with UDL guidelines.
  • Articulate the variety of needs associated with teaching students with disabilities.
  • Investigate UDL assessment techniques and applications.

Enrolling is EASY!

  1. Login or create an account.
  2. Enter payment information.
  3. Look for access links in your inbox.

If you are an institutional contact and want to register multiple people from your organization, please contact ION at ion@uis.edu. We can bulk enroll participants from a list.

Universal Design Principles for Online Learning

Cost:

$445.00

Duration:

8 weeks

Program

This course is a part of the Master Online Teacher Certificate  program, which includes the following courses:

You must complete the following courses to earn the Master Online Teacher professional certificate:

  • Overview of Online Instruction
  • Instructional Design for Online Course Development
  • Student Assessment in Online Courses
  • Practicum

In addition, you must successfully complete two of the following electives:

  • Hybrid, Blended, and HyFlex Course Design
  • Technology Tools for Online Learning
  • Universal Design Principles for Online Learning
  • Interactive & Immersive Technologies in Online Learning
  • Encouraging Communication in Online Courses
  • Cultural Responsiveness for the Online Classroom

This course is also part of the Digital Accessibility for Educators Certificate and an elective in the Open Educational Resources for Instruction Certificate.

Planning

Prerequisite: None

See the proposed course schedule  and important registration dates to help plan your learning path. 

Discounts

Learners taking this course to earn a professional certificate can receive a discount by registering for the program:

Discount codes

If you are from a community college that receives a discount on ION courses, please acquire your code from the ION contact at your institution or email ion@uis.edu before registering. 

Community college members must also use their college email for verification.