ADCET - Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

The presentation recordings are now available on ADCET for the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium. Our theme 'UDL in Action: the What, the Why and the How of UDL' aimed at bringing together experts, practitioners, researchers, and advocates from diverse fields to explore the latest developments in Universal Design for Learning.

Included as part of ADCET's UDL Symposium 2023 were four Poster Presentations:

• Re-thinking Grading (Leia Greenslade, Griffith Uni)
• Universal Design & Inclusion Awards (Kelly Bramston, La Trobe Uni)
• UDL in Mathematics (M. H. Al Omoush and T. Mehigan, Dublin City Uni)
• Using UDL for accessible education (Meng Lim, Torrens Uni)

In this webinar Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya and Julie Ganner will offer practical suggestions on how to write and publish with accessibility in mind in both research and educational contexts. Topics include planning and writing for accessibility, communication with publishers, and the importance of accessibility considerations when choosing publication formats and designing educational materials. When: Thursday 28 September 2023  

ADCET is delighted to have Dr Vicky Barnett, Curtin University join us for this webinar, Making Labs Accessible for ALL: The Need for a Community of Practice to Share Innovations that Support Inclusivity and to Bring Universal Design into the Laboratory Teaching Space. This presentation identifies barriers to making science labs more accessible and provides possible solutions for how we can overcome them and explains why we must do so. When: Wednesday 4 October 2023

A student-led program at RMIT Vietnam is creating accessible learning opportunities for scores of students who would otherwise go without. The Student Aid Program sees current students trained to provide support to students with disability within the classroom. The program was recognised in this year’s ADCET Accessibility in Action Awards for nurturing “the values of inclusion, integrity and professionalism among its student staff, with an aim to build a generation of Vietnamese youths who can leverage the skills and knowledge in enabling accessibility in their community and future endeavours”.

ADCET was pleased to invite Glean to showcase every new feature they’ve released this year so far - as well as revealing live captioning, their biggest new feature since Transcription! Supporting the note-taking process just got even better.

This ADCET webinar featured Andrea Evans-McCall, 2020 Churchill Fellow, who presented her observations during her fellowship travels through Canada, the United States, Finland, and the United Kingdom, where she immersed herself in authentic, fully integrated learning environments. Her experiences enabled her to observe and network with professionals, revealing effective global techniques, tools, and methodologies. Joining Andrea in the webinar were Canada's Carleton University Accessibility Institute.

The Talking Tertiary (TT) podcast series invites leading disability advocates from the community to share their expertise in supporting people with disability in tertiary education. In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Professor Sandra Thom-Jones who has worked for many years in the higher education sector providing leadership, advice and support for research engagement and impact across university research. 

This ADCET podcast is the audio version of our webinar: Building host organisation capacity to provide safe and equitable WIL for students with disability presented by Tanya Lawlis and Thomas Bevitt from the University of Canberra. This webinar explored the challenges and capacity of host organisations in providing a safe and inclusive Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience for students with disability.