ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the ways in which summer 2021 professional development programming at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) contributed to an ongoing conversation about accessibility and learning development across campus. Training was based on principles of teaching and learning, the role of professional development in higher education, and distinctions between accessibility and inclusive design. Faculty development programs begin with outcomes based on skills that faculty master through successful participation. Engendering a culture shift through the Accessibility and Inclusive Design (A.I.D.) course required incorporating accessibility and inclusion into participants’ teaching philosophies and ethos. Upon completion of the course, participants unlock a digital badge from Badgr that can be shared publicly or submitted to their portfolio. Catalyzed by the momentum generated from the A.I.D. course, profesionals are shifting the instructional design and professional development paradigm at CSUCI from a reactive, accessibility-by-revision or remediation approach to one that treats accessible and inclusive course design as a convention of teaching and learning.
