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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics). Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Thank you for your work towards broadening access to higher education!

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Lecture is a common passive learning practice. And while there is some value to lecture and some passive learning strategies, there is a much greater benefit from active learning strategies. Learning is still, and always has been, a social activity.

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. What might make it hard for a student to process information presented verbally in a lecture or mini-lesson? Identify and Remove Barriers.

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3 Arguments in Favor of the In-class Flip

Catlin Tucker

” or “What do you do if students do not have access to the internet and/or devices at home?” Homework completion and online access must be a consideration when teachers decide whether or not the flipped classroom is a viable model. . “What do you do if your students do not complete the homework?”

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

Edsurge

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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Increase Engagement in Video Conferencing Sessions with Mentimeter

Catlin Tucker

Last night I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for students in the credential program at UC Riverside. As I was planning my presentation, I knew I wanted to engage the group attending my lecture. The audience can use any device to access Mentimeter. They only see the slide that you have projected.