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15:00-15:06

Visualise Your Message: Harnessing the Power of Graphics in Communication

This presentation showcases a plus-1 redesign applying UDL principles through graphic facilitation. By redesigning Moodle tiles for the PG Cert in UDL, Patricia improved clarity, accessibility, and user experience. Feedback was highly positive, reinforcing the value of inclusive visuals. The work now informs broader communication across the Teaching & Learning Centre. 

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15:10-15:16

Embracing Universal Design at KCETB Carlow Institute: Transforming Learning Support for an Inclusive Future

Carlow Institute is transforming its approach to learning support by embedding Universal Design principles across teaching, learning and assessment. Responding to diverse student needs and growing enrolments, we are shifting from isolated support to inclusive, integrated teaching and assessment, promoting collaboration and better learning environments. 

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15:20-15:26

Partnership in Practice: Student-Faculty Collaboration for Accessible Learning

This lightning talk outlines the University for All Student Partnership Programme’s Module Accessibility Project. This project sees Student Partners review modules for accessibility through a collaborative process with faculty, providing them with support and guidance on how to improve their content, making it more accessible for all student.

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15:30- 15:36

Making UD Fun: Organising UCD’s Incluza-Palooza

This lightning talk outlines the University for All Student Partnership Programme’s Inclusive UCD Week or Incluza-Palooza. Incluza-Palooza raises student awareness of the diversity on campus and inclusive practices through a series of fun events and activities across campus, including competitions, games, lunch & learn info sessions and feedback opportunities. 

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15:40- 15:46

Bridging Innovation and Inclusion: Emerging Technologies in Engineering Education through UDL 

This study investigates how engineering educators and instructional designers at ATU integrate emerging technologies through a UDL lens. Using mixed methods research, it identifies gaps in preparedness and institutional support, offering evidence-based recommendations for inclusive technology adoption and professional development that strengthen Universal Design implementation in tertiary engineering education.

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Patricia Henry

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Yvonne Sarsfield

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Eleanor O'Kelly

University College Dublin

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Matthew Collins Kearns

University College Dublin

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Blessed Fonkoh

University College Dublin

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Amaliia Shmyhovska

University College Dublin

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Vaishnavi Kannan

University College Dublin

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Kevin Landers

University College Dublin

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Annette Dempsey

KCETB

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Mary Collins

KCETB

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