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This design case details the design and development of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Academy, a two-phase training to guide community college faculty in applying the UDL framework to their instruction. This article focuses on the first phase, in which faculty were trained in UDL. The authors of this paper, who were the creators and instructional designers of the UDL Academy, guided faculty as they analyzed their instructional practices through the lens of the UDL framework and designed revisions to their courses. Based on faculty participant responses to the first UDL Academy post-training questionnaire, changes were made to the training when it was offered a second time. Participant responses to a questionnaire after the second UDL Academy indicated these changes improved the training. Suggestions for implementing a similar training at other institutions are provided.
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Preparation of this item was fully funded by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy under Cooperative Agreement No. OD-26453-14-75-4 -36 ($4,772,418).
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Christopher D. Hromalik is employed by Onondaga Community College, the college under study. He is also the Faculty Coordinator and a founding member of the Universal Design for Learning Academy, the program under study.
William N. Myhill was, at the time the Universal Design for Learning Academy was offered, the Director of Onondaga Pathways to Careers, the project that provided funding for the Universal Design for Learning Academy, which is the program under study. He is also a founding member of the Universal Design for Learning Academy, the program under study.
Nancy R. Carr is employed by Onondaga Community College, the college under study. She is a founding member of the Universal Design for Learning Academy, the program under study.
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Hromalik, C.D., Myhill, W.N. & Carr, N.R. “ALL Faculty Should Take this”: a Universal Design for Learning Training for Community College Faculty. TechTrends 64, 91–104 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00439-6
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