ADCET - Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

ADCET is excited to announce that we have now made the presentation recordings from the 2024 UDL Symposium publicly available. The Symposium was a fantastic event that featured a rich combination of in-person and online presentations, offering insights from experts in the field and real-world applications of UDL.

Welcome to the ADCET podcast where we investigate Inclusive Learning Opportunities Through AI (ILOTA). In this series, we'll explore the exciting convergence of UDL, AI, and accessibility, and examine ways in which we can utilise emerging technologies to enhance learning opportunities for educational designers, educators, and students. The fifth podcast is now available.

In defiance of the colder weather, sunflowers are blooming at Australian Catholic University (ACU) – but they aren’t in the garden. They’re on lapels and around collars, and they symbolise something vitally important to the university’s students. ACU has recently become a proud member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program on campus, with staff donning sunflower-adorned lanyards or pins to discreetly show their support for students with invisible disabilities.

This service offers free 1 on 1 and small group online sessions to assist educators and disability support staff in the tertiary sector with all those burning queries relating to Accessibility, Teaching and Assistive Technology.

This presentation shared a nuanced understanding of literacy to transform learning in the neurodiverse classroom. Dr Angela Jones explored critical approaches to new literacy studies, with a particular focus on the importance of neurodivergent literacies. This presentation shared the process for developing a pedagogical approach to developing academic literacies and skills in a neurodiverse enabling education classroom.

This insightful and critical panel discussion focused on a possible needs-based funding approach for students with disability in Australian tertiary education and its potential for enabling a better experience for students with disability. This was in response to the Australian higher education sector looking to transition to a Needs Based Funding model, as recommended under the Australian Universities Accord.