Faculty Inclusive Teaching Resources
Here you will find resources created by TMU education developers at AAS and CELT as well as other resources, external to TMU, about inclusive education.
We welcome submissions for consideration. Please contact aaseddev@torontomu.ca
Policy 159: A Shared Responsibility, Faculty and Contract Lecturer Training
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Policy 159 establishes the principles, conditions, and expectations surrounding the request for and provision of academic accommodations at Toronto Metropolitan University. This four-chapter, interactive training provides participants with the opportunity to learn about the Policy and its associated procedures, about the known barriers to access within higher education that disproportionately impact students with disabilities, and gain practical tools for fostering an inclusive educational environment.
- (google doc) Using Universal Design in the University Classroom (external link)
- EDI in Practice Module 4: Ableism and Accessibility
- (google doc) Podagogies Episode: Accessibility in the Classroom with Dr. Eliza Chandler (external link)
- (google doc) Podagogies Episode: Ungrading with Dr. Ebru Ustundag (external link)
- (PDF file) Flexible Learning
Educator’s accessibility toolkit (external link) – This website gathers Ontario-focused resources related to higher education and accessibility in one place. (Webpage, Council of Ontario Universities)
(PDF file) Identifying the essential requirements of a course or program (external link) – This guide outlines criteria for identifying and evaluating the essential requirements of courses and programs in the context of accommodating students with disabilities. (2-page PDF, Council of Ontario Universities)
Making Accessible Media (online course) (external link) - This fully accessible online course focuses on representation of disability in media, video captioning, audio transcription, described video and live captioning for broadcast, alternative text for image description, and tutorials on how to make accessible documents and presentations. (Webpage, Humber College)
Universal design – best practices for online learning: annotated bibliography – (external link) An extensive collection of academic articles and practical resources, with descriptive annotations. (Webpage, University of Guelph)
Critical design lab (external link) – A multi-disciplinary and multi-institution arts and design collaborative rooted in disability culture, with numerous materials and toolkits related to teaching/ pedagogy and protocols in addition to project descriptions. (Website, by Hamraie et al.)
The science of inclusion: making our lab-based courses more inclusive (external link) – This pressbook is meant to provide general guidance on enhancing the accessibility of lab-based courses, with a particular focus on supporting the learning of students with physical disabilities. (Open source, Pressbook, by MacLean et al., University of Ottawa)