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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

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. We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information.

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Teacher Tips: Starting the Year with Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

Organize and edit all of the documents your students will need and decide what you will use as evidence of learning (e.g., written responses, videos, observations, presentations). Post separate assignments for each online station, so students can access all of the resources and digital documents they need to complete the assignments.

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Applying Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms

Neo LMS

This, after all, is the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework that aids curriculum designers and educators in ensuring that all learners receive the accommodations that are needed to help them excel in school. UDL was an offshoot of a movement that promoted universal design in architecture and product development.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Students have more control over the way information is presented in a video. Instead, students have a repository of on-demand videos they can access any time from anywhere. Instead, they can spend more time facilitating learning and working directly with small groups of students. They can pause, rewind, and rewatch a video.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Skills for online engagement with students who are experiencing anxiety (and trauma) can be especially helpful for educators struggling with student disengagement in online classrooms. In addition, you’ll learn how to create a well-balanced presentation of your schools’ current needs to energize community members to get involved.

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10 steps for making your online courses accessible for all students

eSchool News

New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online. UDL is tough enough in a face-to-face environment, but the real challenge might be how to implement the principles in an online world where students’ abilities and learning styles differ drastically.

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. 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. Summer Learning Opportunities.