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AccessISL Publications and Online Resources

Publications

20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course

Author: Burgstahler, Sheryl, Ph.D.I taught the first online learning course at the University of Washington in 1995. My co [...]

Access to Informal Science Learning (AccessISL) Brochure

Access to Informal Science Learning (AccessISL) supports efforts to develop a capacity building model for making informal science learning opportunities [...]
Access to Informal STEM Learning Capacity Building Institute (2022)

Access to Informal STEM Learning Capacity Building Institute (2022)

The AccessADVANCE project held its inaugural capacity building institute (CBI) on May 25th and 27th, 2021.
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Accessible Science Equipment

Examples of products to help make science labs accessible to all students.

AccessISL Poster: UW 2020 Teaching and Learning Symposium

View the PDF above to download a poster that describes the questions, methods, and results from work done towards accessible [...]

Checklist for Making Informal Learning Accessible to Students with Disabilities

An activity that can lead to more inclusive informal learning.Name and location reviewed:Reviewer name(s):Contact name, phone, [...]

Equal Access: Universal Design of Informal Learning

A checklist for making an informal learning program or facility welcoming, accessible, and usableAs increasing numbers of people with disabilities [...]

Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction

Author: Burgstahler, S.A Checklist for Inclusive TeachingThe universal design of instruction (UDI) framework is gaining increased attention and application [...]

Equal Access: Universal Design of Your Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Project

A checklist for making NSF funded AISL projects welcoming and accessibleThe National Science Foundation s (NSF s) Advancing Informal STEM [...]

Facilitating Accessibility Reviews of Informal Science Education Facilities and Programs

Promising PracticeAccessSTEM team members, who are high school and college students with a wide variety of disabilities, had the opportunity [...]

Making a Makerspace? Guidelines for Accessibility and Universal Design

Many engineering departments, libraries, and universities are launching new initiatives to create makerspaces, physical spaces where students, faculty, and the broader community can gather and share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and

Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities

Author: Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.Application of universal design to a science labStudents with disabilities face access challenges to typical [...]

Pedagogical and Content Design Practices that Support Accessibility and Inclusion in Museology Courses

Author: Sheryl Burgstahler, Scott Bellman, and Meena Selvakumar, AccessISL Leadership TeamGuidelines for FacultyAs increasing numbers of people with disabilities participate [...]

Replication Materials: Facilitating Student Internships to Promote Accessible Informal STEM Learning

Project De ionThe Access to Informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Learning (AccessISL) project supports efforts to develop a [...]

Replication Materials: Resources for Offering Accessible Online Informal Learning

The Access to Informal Science Learning (AccessISL) project has developed resources for making informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) [...]

Online Resources