Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Welcome to your summer crash course in online education. And you won’t be graded for this course—at least not by us. Some students may encounter challenges participating in online courses, either because they don’t have technology resources or because they need special accommodations. Is your course mobile-phone friendly?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In this week’s news: 10 steps for making your online courses accessible for all students. Incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

According to a new report, incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Advancement Courses Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. If you enroll in any of the courses mentioned in this post, use the code COOL20 to receive 20% off of your course. Search Courses Now. These courses will give you a start. All opinions are my own. Social-Emotional Learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

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WJU EdTech

MARCH 10, 2015

The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a leading proponent of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). “Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. I recently stumbled upon UDL on Campus.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Gaps between young people of privilege and Opportunity Youth in rates of learning needs diagnosis, college access and completion, suspension, and incarceration make a critical learning differences story that must be heard. UDL and Opportunity Youth. Redesign physical spaces in schools and classrooms to reflect the UDL framework.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Over the past few years colleges have faced an increasing number of complaints from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requiring their web content be made accessible to people with disabilities. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Usability + Accessibility CC-BY J. References: V.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Want to explore blended learning in an online course? Yet, when we think about many of the instructional strategies we have used for years (e.g.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

All of these aspects of writing benefit from dedicated class time, access to peer support, and teacher feedback. Adolescents today have unprecedented access to one another and spend significant time communicating on their devices. ” Dr. Novak and I wholeheartedly agree!

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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. ProjectChoiceBoard.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students. And we have to really get smart with this now, because unfortunately, I think you're right, Vicki, students will just hand bits of work in that they've gotten a AI to do, and course they will. Of course it was.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Often the college already pays for access to one of them. Either put the video on YouTube and share the link, or use a service that manages streaming, which some colleges already buy access to, she adds. Tom Tobin is the first person who taught me about this, but it's a UDL principle, and that's “plus one.” Do a plus one.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 14, 2022

It’s a master’s degree course for Georgetown University’s excellent Learning, Design, and Technology program. In this post, I’d like to share some course materials and my thinking behind it. Open access definitions: SPARC and OSI. OpenStax, “Why we champion perpetual access, free of charge” [link] .

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 12, 2015

If we approach the process of reading with “Universal Design for Learning” as an instructional blueprint, then all students could benefit from accessibility features and not just those who may have a language-based or print-based learning disorder. View the Full Course Catalog at ettsummer.org. Scenario #1 – Touch & Know.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

A choice board will give students what UDL requires through multiple means of engagement, representation, and actions or expressions of their learning. Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Of course, it can be helpful to provide students with a time expectation so they are aware of the commitment and standard. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). I call on all educators and educational stakeholders to throw their weight behind that lunge so that new heights of educational accessibility and excellence can be reached around the world.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. I highlighted some of the affordances available online that can help students to manipulate digital information to make it more accessible. In this post, I want to explore the third, and final, UDL principle of action and expression.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Go to [link] to receive free 60-day access to all of Defined Learning’s PBL resources. It has often been said that projects should be the learning — like all of the courses of a meal — when in reality, many projects are done at the end of learning as the “dessert” or conclusion of something. All opinions are my own.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I thought I had a pretty good handle on universal design for learning (UDL), but after chatting with Katie Novak , Ed.D., Novak, author of UDL Now! Q: What exactly is UDL, and why does it matter? Although this allowed students to access knowledge, they weren’t empowered to become learners and make choices for themselves.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Best twitter hashtag #slpeeps , of course, is my go-to hashtag when I have a question or just want to engage with other professionals. Best educational wiki Karen Janowski and Joyce Valenza''s UDL Tech Toolkit is a one-stop shop for tools to help any learner access the curriculum. Always tough to pick. Good luck, guys!

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 23, 2016

Unfortunately the very medium used with good intentions could in fact create unintentional learning barriers for students with visual impairments, hearing impairments, and without Internet access. Where a video is published can make all of the difference because of some of the advanced accessibility tools that exist.

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MindShift

JULY 21, 2020

Whatever the fate of online learning, the past months have exposed some glaring disparities in access to education and technology, while families with children who have disabilities and special needs experienced significant challenges even when technology was available. A key premise of UDL is that there is no “average learner.”

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Additionally, WiFi was in my experience generally accessible in conference rooms, and free to boot! This session always focuses on facilitating access to curriculum for LLD students through a strategic language-based focus. This is not a criticism of the session of course, just an associated idea- it was awesome as always.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Bell is currently an adjunct faculty member for the San Jose State University iSchool where he teaches courses on design thinking and open education librarianship. These twelve tips can lead to substantive fundamental pedagogical change in online course delivery.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While K-12 schools and higher-ed institutions have spent considerable effort adhering to accessibility standards (and should be applauded for that effort), one in four lawsuits in education center around accessibility. Thus, the focus on captioning–a requirement in K-12 and higher education–has intensified.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

From a UDL perspective, student agency also creates opportunities for diverse groups of learners to decide how they want to learn, engage with information, or demonstrate their learning. #8 1 Relationships need to be our #1 priority. Life, at its core, is about relationships. 8 Projects can turn the world into our curriculum.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Differentiating the content, or how students access knowledge, understanding, and skills. 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. There are three main ways to approach differentiation.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell is currently an adjunct faculty member for the San Jose State University iSchool where he teaches courses on design thinking and open education librarianship. These twelve tips can lead to substantive fundamental pedagogical change in online course delivery.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 17, 2015

We taught the student how to turn on this accessibility feature, and we were further surprised to learn that we could change the speaker’s voice and speaking rate. This was a game changer for that particular group of students as they could now access the same material in Google Earth as their peers. Differentiating with Technology.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) draws its inspiration from the broader concept of Universal Design (UD), initially pioneered in architecture. UD aims for inclusive access to architectural spaces for all users. Our focus in this post is on Universal Design for Learning, popularly known by the acronym UDL.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. Slide decks, in particular, offer a visually engaging way to present the content, making it more accessible and interesting for students. I began our synchronous session by addressing frequently asked questions about this model.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

They conducted research, investigated topics, and accessed online texts, resources, and tools. Check out my online, self-paced courses– Getting Started with Blended Learning and Advancing with Blended Learning. ” I used that Chromebook to design a collaborative online station to complement my teacher-led and offline stations.

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