CELT's Associate Director for Instructional Design, Eunice Ofori, leads the Tulane University Instructional Accessibility Network.
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What is the Instructional Accessibility Network?
The Instructional Accessibility Network is an exciting initiative at Tulane University aimed at continuously enhancing accessibility and equity across all learning experiences. This collaborative community brings together faculty, staff, and students who are committed to the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and proactively dismantling barriers to academic success.
Through regular meetings, the network provides a space for members to:
Share insights, challenges, and effective practices around making courses, materials, and instruction more accessible
Explore new accessibility tools, technologies, and teaching strategies to implement UDL principles
Troubleshoot barriers and brainstorm solutions to enhance inclusion for students with diverse needs
Build cross-departmental connections and collective capacity for accessibility leadership
The network is an extension of Tulane's Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Academy, further expanding professional development, resource-sharing, and community-building efforts to mainstream accessibility as a core component of excellent teaching and learning.
Ultimately, the Instructional Accessibility Network aims to empower all educators to be accessibility allies, designing learning that proactively meets the needs of the full diversity of Tulane students.
Goals: Preparing to incorporate accessibility in your teaching?
What Worked: What has worked for you with regards to incorporating accessibility in your teaching and learning?
Most Challenging: What is most challenging for you with regards to incorporating accessibility into your teaching?
What You Want TU Know: What would interest you as far as accessibility is concerned?
This network of faculty connect once every month to discuss a particular aspect of accessibility. Focusing on what has worked, and what training you need to accomplish your instructional goal. We will also discuss a tool or strategy to ensure that your course is accessible to all your students.
Q: Have questions or interested in joining?
A: Email Eunice Ofori at eofori@tulane.edu
Meetings will take place this Fall:
- Barhaghi, Krystle G (School of Medicine)
- Bayardo, Dario A (Goldman Center for Student Accessibility)
- Culotta, Alexis (School of Liberal Arts)
- Davila, Roxanne (School of Liberal Arts)
- Elizabeth Townsend Gard (School of Law)
- Fisher, Blaine S (Innovative Learning Center)
- Fisher, Carrie G (Innovative Learning Center)
- Garner-Coffie, Bobbie S (Innovative Learning Center)
- Gary, Lee P (School of Liberal Arts)
- Grant, Brooke (School of Professional Advancement)
- Harris, Emily H (School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine)
- Johnson, Kate (Innovative Learning Center)
- Jones, Tiffanie V (School of Social Work)
- Lazarus, Cathy J (School of Medicine)
- Lazarus, Cathy J (School of Medicine)
- Mignot, Charles (School of Liberal Arts)
- Moore, Sarah E (Goldman Center for Student Accessibility)
- Ofori, Eunice (Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching)
- Rivero Bryant, Daniela (School of Architecture)
- Santos, Tatiane (School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine)
- Schwartz, Kenneth A (School of Architecture)
- Sckerl, Catherine M (School of Liberal Arts)
- Silva, Martha (School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine)
- Siodmak, Erin (School of Liberal Arts)
- Stein, Rachel (Tulane Libraries)
- Tyger, Ronni (School of Professional Advancement)
- Williams, Alisha L (Disability Services)
- Willig, Joy F (School of Architecture)
- Yuspeh, Suzanne L (School of Professional Advancement)
Meetings: Tuesday(s) at 12PM
February 27th | March 19th | April 16th
Where do meetings take place: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library (CELT/ILC Suite) and Online via Zoom
February 27th Meeting
March 19th Meeting
April 16th Meeting
