by Nikki States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center “Imagine a house. Now open up all the windows—no screens—just fresh air and exposure to the elements. What would living in this house of wide open windows be like?” Karen Costa starts her latest book with this powerful opening, asking us to consider not only the challenges, but… Continue reading Evergreen Lessons from Our Book Discussion on An Educator’s Guide to ADHD
Category: Accessibility
Looking Back on Accessibility
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center In this blog, I’d like to take the opportunity to look back on the programming and resources the Reinert Center has developed (or collaborated on) this past academic year to support accessibility. Recent changes to Title II of the ADA have moved accessibility, often placed on the pedagogical… Continue reading Looking Back on Accessibility
Wrapping It Up: Reflections on the Year in Distance Learning
by Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center The element of Ignatian Pedagogy that I appreciate the most is reflection. Anyone can reflect on anything, and the act of reflecting can be useful in many aspects of teaching practice and work as a higher education professional. It’s baked into our annual self-evaluations and performance reviews.… Continue reading Wrapping It Up: Reflections on the Year in Distance Learning
Ally and Alt-text: Your first stop on the accessible digital materials journey
by Cathy Cooke, Distance Education Manager, Office of the Provost Enrollment of students with disabilities in higher education has been steadily increasing but of those students, at least half do not report their disability to their institution’s disability office (Mata and Borrego, 2024). As a result, faculty and instructors don’t recognize that our students are… Continue reading Ally and Alt-text: Your first stop on the accessible digital materials journey
Resources Revisited: Digital Accessibility
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. Our March 2026 entry focuses on digital accessibility. With an estimated 1 in 5 undergraduate students now reporting a… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Digital Accessibility
Getting Started with Digital Accessibility
by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center Digital accessibility is all about making sure what we do online works for as many people as possible. If you chop off the last part of word accessibility, we can all agree that increasing access to our course learning experiences has a net positive effect on student learning.… Continue reading Getting Started with Digital Accessibility
Resources Revisited: Course Design
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center The Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. As many of us close out the semester and move into the summer, we begin thinking about – now that we have… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Course Design
Brain Freeze Moments: Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Group Discussions
by Nicole States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center I am neurodivergent, I have an auditory processing disorder and a weak working memory. This means that communicating in group discussions is difficult for me. I wasn’t diagnosed until my late 20s, but reflecting on my life and academics since then has helped me see where I clearly… Continue reading Brain Freeze Moments: Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Group Discussions
Book Review- A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
by Nicole States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Mental Health and well-being among students have been put in the spotlight since the COVID-19 lockdown. However, mental health concerns in higher education did not begin during the pandemic. Katie Rose Guest Pryal emphasizes this point in her book, A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with… Continue reading Book Review- A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
A New Resoruce for Using Generative AI to Support Neurodiverse Students
by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center Many of us are curious about generative AI but don’t really want students to use it to complete assignments for our classes. Just asking generative AI to write something to turn in undermines their learning and presents issues with the ethical use of technology. There are ways to… Continue reading A New Resoruce for Using Generative AI to Support Neurodiverse Students
