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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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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

They relied on videos out of necessity to explain concepts and model strategies while students learned from home. As teachers transitioned back into classrooms, many abandoned video in favor of live instruction. Engagement Strategy #1 Pair the Video with Questions. ” You don’t have to send videos home with students.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Most teachers dedicate significant time and energy to their instructor role, explaining complex concepts and processes and modeling specific strategies and skills. Despite a growing body of research on the power of feedback, it is easy to neglect in classrooms because teachers feel pressure to cover content. 77, 81–112. Valiandes, S.

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Here’s the Syllabus for Your Summer Crash Course in Online Education

Edsurge

Good teaching is good teaching, regardless of whether it happens in a classroom, on Zoom or any other delivery modality. Engaging with students, and helping them engage with each other, requires different strategies online than it does face-to-face. Key Concepts. Online instructors may serve more as facilitators than as lecturers.

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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. It’s still common to walk into classrooms with an agenda written on the board and the teacher positioned at the front of the room.

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To Flip or Not to Flip? That is the Question!

Fractus Learning

Countless educational technologies and strategies exist to help engage students, represent content differently and provide students with creative ways to demonstrate their understanding. One popular educational model called the Flipped Classroom, combines the power of technology and pedagogy to enhance learning.