Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles. Brady Lund

      

      Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles

      LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (LITA) GUIDES

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      Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles

      A LITA Guide

      Brady Lund

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      Names: Lund, Brady, 1994– author.

      Title: Creating accessible online instruction using universal design principles : a LITA guide / Brady Lund.

      Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] | Series: Library Information Technology Association (LITA) guides | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “This authoritative LITA guide introduces all aspects of integrating universal design and accessibility principles into online library instruction. In light of new legislation, it is vital that library instructors in school, public, special, and academic libraries ensure compliance with universal design for learning principles”— Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020028026 (print) | LCCN 2020028027 (ebook) | ISBN 9781538139189 (hardback) | ISBN 9781538139196 (paperback) | ISBN 9781538139202 (ebook)

      Subjects: LCSH: Information literacy—Study and teaching (Higher) | Web-based instruction—Design. | Instructional systems—Design. | Universal design. | Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities. | People with disabilities—Education (Higher)]—United States. | Information literacy—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States—Case studies.

      Classification: LCC ZA3088.5.C65 L86 2020 (print) | LCC ZA3088.5.C65 (ebook) | DDC 027.7071/173—dc23

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      I would like to thank my colleague Ting Wang

      for her help with some of the research for this book,

      particularly in the case studies chapters,

      and to my acquisitions editor, Charles,

      for his support of my work.

      I want to dedicate this book to my first library employer,

      John Stewart, because without him giving me that opportunity

      I definitely would not be writing this right now.

List of Figures

      Preface

      I imagine I wanted to be a published author and present at conferences ever since I was four years old, watching Men in Black and Pulp Fiction (you know, normal shows four-year-olds watch that make them want to become those things). Probably the biggest barrier to achieving that goal was my mental illnesses: social anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic, attention deficit. Though I struggled to speak in public (and was virtually mute outside home for several of my early years), I was for some reason always a good public speaker (I think because I never had to worry about being interrupted or proven wrong, at least until I was done speaking). I found writing was an amazing outlet to express my true personality (which is much lighter than my facial expressions and voice could convey).

      I rarely mention my mental health struggles to anyone,