Assessment, Blended Learning, Books and UDL

Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. Just like the transfer of information can create barriers, so can our strategies for measuring learning and assessing understanding.

UDL

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Prepare For Fall: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Blended Learning Self-paced Online Course

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2021

Katie Novak and I wrote UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes to support teachers in developing a mindset, skill set, and toolset nimble enough to traverse any teaching and learning landscape with confidence. It will take time and a willingness to pursue our own learning.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is based on a scientific understanding of how people learn. The goal of UDL is to design “barrier-free, instructionally rich learning environments and lessons that provide access to all students” (Nelson, 2). Engagement. Self-Regulation.

Blended Learning

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Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Universally designing blended learning presents educators with the opportunity to transition from designing a single experience that is teacher-paced and teacher-led to a more flexible experience that gives the students more control over the pace and path. 3 Choose Your Learning Path Adventure.

Blended Learning

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I host a podcast called The Balance and wrote a book titled Balance with Blended Learning because I see teachers struggling with balance in every coaching and training session I facilitate. The person doing the work in a classroom is the person doing the learning.

Blended Learning

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Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our book UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I encourage teachers to work toward firm, often standards-aligned, goals. When we build student agency into a task or an assessment, students may produce various artifacts to demonstrate their learning.

Assessment

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Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2023

How can formative assessment data help students to develop their metacognitive skills? Formative assessments are ongoing assessments embedded throughout the learning process. Traditionally, formative assessment has been used as a teacher tool. It can be used to promote self-reflection and self-assessment.

Assessment

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Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning. In our second book, UDL and Blended Learning 2: Shifting to Sustainable Student-led Workflows (coming out in spring 2022), we tackle 10 unsustainable teacher-led workflows. Want to learn more about blended learning and UDL?

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Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Teachers Find their Role as Designer of Learning Experiences Cognitively Engaging. In my research on teacher engagement in blended learning environments, the most significant factor impacting cognitive engagement was a teacher’s work as a designer of learning experiences. What did they do well?

Blended Learning

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Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience. to generate a 5-25 question multiple-choice pre-assessment. to generate.

Blended Learning

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Screencastify allows you to insert multiple-choice questions to check for understanding and collective formative assessment. You can learn more about universally designing blended learning to give students more agency in my book UDL and Blended Learning or by taking my online, self-paced courses.

Strategy

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Professional Learning Communities: Using the 5Es to Give Teachers Agency and Maximize Productivity

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

They may conduct online research, talk to colleagues, join a Twitter chat, connect with experts on social media, and/or commit to a book study. The goal is to learn as much as they can! Explain: Time to Share Your Learning. Elaborate: Apply Your Learning. Evaluate: Assess the Effectiveness.

Professional Learning

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When Dr. Novak and I started writing our new book, Shift Writing into the Classroom, we anticipated that teachers outside of English Language Arts would take one look at the title and assume that the book was not intended for them. The lack of focus on writing in education is baffling, given the positive impacts of writing on learning.

Classroom

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Enrollment includes all required materials–no extra charges for books or subscriptions–as well as templates that can be immediately applied to your teaching. All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. assess success at completion.

Education

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Shifting from Teacher Generated Review to Student-Generated Review

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

Not only will this save teachers time, but it will engage students in the valuable process of looking through their notes and materials to identify important concepts, strategies, processes, and skills they believe they will need to know to perform successfully on an assessment.

Study

Study Strategy Assessment Outcomes

The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

However, the goal of the station rotation model, specifically and blended learning more generally, is to provide students with opportunities for agency , including selecting the questions they choose to answer and working at their own pace. Meet with your conversation captains prior to the station rotation.

Blended Learning

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How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

EdTechTeam

MARCH 24, 2021

You design an assessment to measure this standard. The flexibility of this EduProtocols is key to keeping things fresh in your classroom and formative assessment: In Language Arts: vocabulary, figurative language, character traits, theme, literary devices. Picture books, quotes, and art can even serve as inspiration.

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Learning in the Digital Age

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Digital resources such as interactive e-books, educational apps, and multimedia content enrich the learning experience, making lessons more engaging and accessible. Gamification elements are also employed to make learning more enjoyable and to incentivize student participation.

Digital Divide

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Create It to Believe It

The Principal of Change

JUNE 8, 2021

” I have always enjoyed her blog , and we have recently published her latest book with Katie Novak, “UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes. It was great to chat with Dr. Catlin Tucker on her podcast titled “The Balance.” The example I shared was with portfolios.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject. These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. We discuss first drafts and I relate it to writing my own books.

Learning

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Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through the end of March, and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Look for contact information at the Booking Site. Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process.

Resources

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Prepare For Fall: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Blended Learning Self-paced Online Course

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Professional Learning Communities: Using the 5Es to Give Teachers Agency and Maximize Productivity

Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Shifting from Teacher Generated Review to Student-Generated Review

The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

Learning in the Digital Age

Create It to Believe It

10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

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