Reaching Students in Online Courses Using Alternative Formats

This research was conducted to explore whether students enrolled in graduate level courses found some Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies useful and if they actually used them. The strategies we investigated were presenting course information in alternative formats including PowerPoints w...

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Autores principales:	Patricia Fidalgo, Joan Thormann
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	Universal Design for Learning (UDL) elearning learning styles multiple means of representations alternative formats Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2c31360057cb44368ccc6523802be74e2021-12-02T18:03:00ZReaching Students in Online Courses Using Alternative Formats10.19173/irrodl.v18i2.26011492-3831https://doaj.org/article/2c31360057cb44368ccc6523802be74e2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2601https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This research was conducted to explore whether students enrolled in graduate level courses found some Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies useful and if they actually used them. The strategies we investigated were presenting course information in alternative formats including PowerPoints with voiceover, screencasts, and videos as an alternative to text resources. In addition, students were invited to submit assignments in alternative formats as well as text. To examine these strategies, we used a student questionnaire, analytics from Blackboard, and assignment formats students used. The results indicate that text was the preferred format for accessing course information and resources as well as assignment submission. However, a substantial number of students acknowledged the benefits of using alternative formats and a smaller percentage used them. We suggest that instructors take advantage of UDL strategies that were examined since a sufficient number of students used them and because learning styles differ. We can reach more students by using these strategies. Patricia FidalgoJoan ThormannAthabasca University PressarticleUniversal Design for Learning (UDL)elearninglearning stylesmultiple means of representationsalternative formatsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 2 (2017)
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description	This research was conducted to explore whether students enrolled in graduate level courses found some Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies useful and if they actually used them. The strategies we investigated were presenting course information in alternative formats including PowerPoints with voiceover, screencasts, and videos as an alternative to text resources. In addition, students were invited to submit assignments in alternative formats as well as text. To examine these strategies, we used a student questionnaire, analytics from Blackboard, and assignment formats students used. The results indicate that text was the preferred format for accessing course information and resources as well as assignment submission. However, a substantial number of students acknowledged the benefits of using alternative formats and a smaller percentage used them. We suggest that instructors take advantage of UDL strategies that were examined since a sufficient number of students used them and because learning styles differ. We can reach more students by using these strategies.
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Reaching Students in Online Courses Using Alternative Formats

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