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Universal Design for Learning: What is it? Why use?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today, we offer one more: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) What is UDL Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL at its core is simply good teaching.

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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

How do teachers ensure that instruction and facilitation of learning are accessible, inclusive, and equitable? As I facilitated these sessions, I became increasingly excited about the potential of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), blended learning, and social-emotional learning (SEL) to foster deeper learning outcomes.

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Friday 5: Universal Design for Learning

eSchool News

The UDL framework can help teachers shape inclusive learning environments and can support K-12 leaders in implementing new programs. UDL is not another program that teachers have to shoehorn into their already-crammed day–rather, it is a process and framework to help educators ensure they are reaching all learners.

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3 strategies to support inclusive learning

eSchool News

The LRE ensures that students under IDEA are offered equitable access to education alongside their non-disabled peers. This requires some training for educators on how to create more inclusive classrooms. Having regular professional development training helps educators to learn more ways to best serve their students.

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5 Digital tools for making the virtual classroom more inclusive

Neo LMS

The transition from face-to-face to online teaching was abrupt and came with many challenges: not enough devices, faulty or missing internet connection, insufficient training, the need for interaction, and home and school/work-life balance, doubled by a desire to maintain a sense of normality in a completely new scenario. Final thoughts.

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Improving outcomes with Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

IT Bill

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) The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

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. Too often, teachers rely exclusively on the teacher-led, whole group model because that is what they were taught in teacher training programs.