Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles: A LITA Guide

Product Description What is accessibility? Who needs it? Often, accessibility is defined narrowly, with emphasis on physical limitations. Accessibility needs, however, come in many forms, from vision and hearing impairment, to developmental disorders like Autism, to psychiatric conditions like anxiety, depression, ADHD, and PTSD. Unfortunately, accessibility does not come with a simple set of checkboxes. It is a philosophy and practice that embraces social, physical, and informational elements. Universal design does not come in the form of a quick and easy guide. It is a philosophy. To implement it completely requires more than just screen readers and video captions. Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles introduces the need for accessibility in online education and library services and the framework of universal design for learning. It takes a scoping, rather than a purely technical, approach. It will help you not only o create accessible content, but with how to communicate with students in an accessible manner. This LITA Guide covers: accessibility law, Universal Design for Learning and Web Content Accessibility guidelines, and communication and educational research and theory. The content is interspersed with practical examples and case studies. Review Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles: A LITA Guide is a useful, easy-to-read encapsulation of the complex sphere of accessibility. Lund provides abundant context in his review of pertinent legislation and standards, and a substantive discussion of accessibility products.--David Comeaux, Systems and Discovery Librarian, Louisiana State University About the Author Brady Lund is a PhD student at Emporia State University’s School of Library and Information Management. His prior publications include Casting Light on the Dark Web (LITA Guide, September 2019), Section 508 and Accessibility in Distance Education (Association for Educational Communications and Technology, forthcoming, manuscript complete), and Library Patrons’ Privacy (ABC-Clio, forthcoming, manuscript in-preparation). He has also published nearly two dozen articles for journals such as Journal of Library Administration,Scientometrics, and Library Journal.