About This Site
Purpose of This Site
This web site supports the teaching and study of universal design. It also provides a place where educators can interact with each other. Our goal is to develop a community of learners who exchange information for the benefit of all.
The site is designed for use by faculty members, students (of any age and stage), and user/experts. The site supports professional design education as well as professional development/continuing education and kindergarten through grade 12 education (this is the U.S. designation - we welcome design-related materials for younger students from everywhere in the world). The site features a variety of materials for a range of disciplines, levels, and interests including:.
- Instructional materials such as course syllabi, course projects, units, or lectures, sample assignments, short term events such as workshops and seminars, and evaluation methods;
- Content resources such as computer renderings or photographs of excellent examples of universal design;
- Full text of classic universal design writings;
- An annotated bibliography of other available materials; and
- Links to relevant resources worldwide.
Note that the site is organized by types of content and not by design discipline; much of the content can be applied or adapted to different disciplines.
The interactive site provides online support for educators including a Discussion Forum. The site provides students a list of universal design programs and courses offered worldwide and for all visitors, a calendar of events and calls for conference participation and design competitions both upcoming and archived.
Project Staff
This project is conducted jointly by:
- The Center
for Universal Design
in the College of Design at
North Carolina State University
(Laurie Ringaert, Molly
Story, Richard Duncan, Leslie Young) - IDEA Center
in the School of Architecture
and Planning ,
University at Buffalo; The State University of New York (Beth
Tauke, Bruce Majkowski and Douglas McCallum)
- Global Universal
Design Educator's Network
(Elaine Ostroff, co-founder of
the Adaptive Environments
Center )
The staff of this project is also working closely with Edward Steinfeld,
Director of the IDEA
Center
and the RERC
on Universal Design at Buffalo .
Project Advisors
We acknowledge and thank the following colleagues who serve as advisors to this project. Their inputis invaluable.
- Meredith Davis, M.F.A.,
M.Ed., Professor of Graphic Design, College
of Design ,
North Carolina State University
- Larry Goldberg, Director
of Media Access Group at WGBH
,
Boston
- Louise Jones, Arch.D., Professor
of Interior Design, Interior
Design Graduate Program ,
College of Health and Human Services, Eastern Michigan University
- Robin Moore, M.C.P., Professor
of Landscape Architecture, Director of Natural
Learning Initiative ,
College of Design, North Carolina State University
- Ruth Morrow, R.I.B.A.,
Professor of Architecture, School
of Fine Art and Design ,
University of Ulster, Belfast Northern Ireland.
- Abir Mullick, M.A., M.C.R.P.,
Associate Professor of Architecture, Project Director,IDEA
Center
and the RERC on Universal Design at Buffalo, University at Buffalo, The
State University of New York
- Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph.D., Professor
of Industrial and Biomedical Engineering, Director of Trace
R&D Center ,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Polly Welch, Project Manager, Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management, Boston
Project Sponsor
Funding for this project is provided by the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
of the U.S. Department of Education under grant #H133G000025.
The opinions containedin this web site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Education.
