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Accessible by Design: Inclusive Online Learning Experiences

Lesson 3: Content and Sequence

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Overview

In this lesson, you’ll explore how to organize your course content in ways that support learner success. You’ll use learner personas to guide structure and apply strategies like chunking, sequencing, and pacing. You’ll also learn how to align your content structure with UDL and accessibility principles to create flexible, inclusive learning pathways.

Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Use learner personas to guide how you organize content.
  • Apply chunking, sequencing, and pacing strategies to improve clarity and flow.
  • Structure content to support diverse needs and accessibility requirements.
  • Align your content design with UDL principles and inclusive learning goals.

Exercise

Before moving on, take a moment to reflect on what you’ve just learned. These questions are designed to help you connect the lesson content to your own course and your future learners.

You can jot down your answers, share your thoughts in the comments, or just reflect quietly. These small reflections will help you shape your learner persona at the end of the module.

  1. Who are your potential learners and what specific needs might they have?
  2. Identify 2-3 characteristics that will influence how you design your course.

Lesson Checklist

  1. Watch the video lesson
  2. Review the resources
  3. Work on the exercise

Resources

Lesson Slides
IDEO Human-Centered Design Tooklit