Kareem Hassib
UDL Stories: Jennifer Walsh Marr and Brian Wilson
By Kareem Hassib on April 14, 2025
From Vantage College, Jennifer Walsh Marr, Lecturer in Academic English, and Brian Wilson, Curriculum Manager and Faculty Liaison, discuss their work to make VANT 140, a language tutorial course affiliated with VANT 150, Engineering Design, more accessible by using UDL principles. How have you applied UDL to your work and approach? Jennifer: UDL application has […]
UDL Stories: Kari Marken
By Kareem Hassib on April 14, 2025
Kari Marken is a lecturer in the Entrepreneurship, Sustainability & Innovation Group at the Sauder School of Business. She discusses her project of turning her classroom into a ‘learning lab’ where she embraces movement to enhance learning her class. How have you applied UDL to your work and approach as a lecturer? I bring my […]
UDL Stories: Michelle Hamilton, Carrie Krekoski and Jenny Li
By Kareem Hassib on April 14, 2025
At UBC Health, Carrie Krekoski, Michelle Hamilton, and Jenny Li are rethinking how health education is delivered. By applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, they’ve made key components of the Integrated Curriculum more accessible, inclusive, and engaging for learners. In this article, they respond to a few questions about adopting and implementing UDL principles. […]
UDL Stories: Janelle Tan and Kelleen Wiseman
By Kareem Hassib on March 17, 2025
UDL Fellows Kelleen Wiseman, director of the Master of Food and Resource Economics (FRE) program and lectures in the FRE undergraduate program, and Janelle Tan, Graduating Projects Manager for the Masters in FRE, discuss how they designed accessible syllabi and marketing materials for the new Bachelors of Food and Resource Economics Program.
UDL Stories: Laurie Ford, Gabrielle Coombs, and ECED 406/407 Teaching Team
By Kareem Hassib on March 17, 2025
UDL Fellows Laurie Ford, Associate Professor in Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education, and Gabrielle Coombs, learning designer in the Faculty of Education’s Learning Design and Digital Innovation Unit, collaborate with the ECED 406/407 teaching team, including instructor Koichi Haseyama and GAA’s Fatemeh (Emma) Arian and Abby Dalmacio to make their courses more accessible.
UDL Stories: Surita Jhangiani
By Kareem Hassib on March 17, 2025
Surita Jhangiani, Interim Associate Dean, Equity in the Faculty of Education and Associate Professor of Teaching in Human Development, Learning and Culture, discusses how she used UDL to redesign EPSE 308 through a redesigned course syllabus, diverse ways to access materials, assignment variety, and more.
UDL Stories: Louise Longridge and Sarah Bean Sherman
By Kareem Hassib on February 5, 2025
Louise Longridge, lecturer in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), and Sarah Bean Sherman, Senior Science Education Specialist in EOAS and Skylight, discuss their ambitious project of adding alternative text and extended captions for over 800 figures in EOSC 116.
UDL Stories: Paulo Tchen and Lyon Tsang
By Kareem Hassib on February 5, 2025
Paulo Tchen, lecturer and coordinator in the faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Lyon Tsang, Manager, Systems Administration and Support in the Office of Educational Technology and Learning Designs (OETLD) discuss how they designed a new elective course, PHRM 300F, and redesigned PHRM 471 to include multiple means of representation.
UDL Stories: Michael Sider
By Kareem Hassib on February 5, 2025
Michael Sider, producer at UBC Studios, discusses how UDL principles can be used in media and shares tools that media creators and educators can use to make their content more accessible.