Episode 13: Lowering Assessment Barriers with UDL with Thomas J. Tobin

In this episode, Thomas gives valuable tips and ideas to make assessment more manageable while providing the choice and flexibility needed to follow the principals of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Thomas J. Tobin helped found the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Teaching, Learning, &

Mentoring (CTLM); he is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and speaker on technology-

mediated education—especially copyright, teaching evaluation, academic integrity, and

accessibility/universal design for learning.

He holds a master’s and Ph.D. in English literature, an information science master’s, and certifications in

project management (PMP), online teaching (MOT), Quality Matters (QM), accessibility (CPACC), and

academic leadership (Penn State ALA).

Named to Ed Tech Magazine’s 2020 Educational Technology Influencers “Dean’s List”, honored with the

2022 Wagner Award for Outstanding Leadership in Distance Learning Administration, and named by

Eduflow in 2023 as one of the world’s Top 100 Learning Influencers, Tom serves on the editorial boards

of InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching and the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.

His books include

 Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (2015).

 The Copyright Ninja (2017).

 Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (2018).

 Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (2020).

 UDL for FET Practitioners: Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Irish Further Education

and Training (2021).

Find him on Twitter @ThomasJTobin, and at thomasjtobin.com.

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