Projects in Universal Design for Learning

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Projects from T-560:
Individual Differences in Form and Content


I) Some notable examples of diversity in media, content, and design

Autism, by Jeremy Stynes: http://www.essenzgroup.com/autism/

Down's Syndrome, by Christopher Bennett: http://www.christopherbennett.net/harvard/t560/downs.htmlhttp://www.christopherbennett.net/harvard/t560/downs.html

William's Syndrome, by Carol Bennett Dessureau: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~bennetca/index.html

Face Blindness, by Roy Quinto: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~quintoro/

Aphasia, by Bryce Myers: http://www.brycespace.com/inst_des_files/prototype/index.htm

Dyscalculia by Vinita Ahuja: http://web.mac.com/vinita1980/iWeb/udllesson/Home%20Page/Home%20Page.html

Lessons on the Learning Brain by Joanna Christodoulou: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~christjo/Foundations.html

II) Some notable examples for learning about individual differences:

Autism, by Allison Freedman: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~friedmal/#top

Blindness by Matthias Faeth: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~faethma/proposal.html

Dylexia, by Margaret Pierce:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~piercema/index.htm

Dyslexia, by Liz Zachary: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~zachryel/Reading_Difficulties_and_the_Brain/elizabeth.htm

Non-verbal Learning Disabilities:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~daleysa/index.htm

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, by Linda Abarbenall: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~abarbali/fas.html

Obessive Compulsive Disorder, by Jeff Snyder: http://homepage.mac.com/jeffrey_snyder/t-560/ocd.html

Cross-linguistic Dyslexia by Johanna Haas:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~haasjo/T560/T560page.html



III) Some notable examples of Curricular Projects:

ADHD by Scott Barksdale: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~barksdsc/project2/index.html

Autism by Charlotte DiStefano:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~distefch/intro2.htm

Cogntive Disabilities - Down's Syndrome by Connie Chung: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~chungco/index.htm

Cognitive Disabilities - Down Syndrome by Tara Trent:http://web.mac.com/taractrent/iWeb/Site%202/Home.html

Deafness by Lori Kane: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lkane/t560/proj2/index.html

Deafness by Carolina Perez: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~perezca/project3thirdpage.html

Deaf in math and science lesson by Christina Hinton: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~hintonch/second.html

Asperger's syndrome by Carlo Cerruti: Writing:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~cerrutca/intro.htm

English Language learners in Podcasting by Johanna Haas:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~haasjo/iLanguage/page1.htm

Cognitive Disabilities: Fragile-X:http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~wolfsoja/index.html

Physical disabilities by Shannon McCarthy: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~mccartsh/home.html

Schizophrenia, by Maeve Ryan: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~ryanma1/project2index2.html