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What are this year’s top trends at SXSW EDU?

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Inclusive Practice & Universal Design. Intentional and accessible practices that are designed for individual learners are being widely adopted by schools and educators. UDL: Designing for Learner Variability. Learning Science in Action. Related sessions: Active Learning for Engagement and Effectiveness.

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Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields

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With science and technology jobs expected to grow twice as fast as other occupations over the next decade amid rapidly shifting demographics , creating a robust and diverse pipeline into STEM fields is essential to ensuring U.S. competitiveness and working toward racial equity. Black, Latinx, and women students are especially at risk.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

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This is part of a three-article series covering key principles to consider when building out computer science programs in your academic setting. We saw an opportunity to use Minecraft Education as a project-based learning tool in computer science, which is how Level Up Los Angeles was born. Read the other articles here and here.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

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Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. 2019) How to avoid cognitive overload during learning. Active learning.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

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Professional courseware design teams made up of subject matter experts, instructors, front-end software developers, and multimedia producers work together to develop courses that are rooted in applied learning science. A learner doesn’t waste time trying to navigate the course, but instead spends all of their time learning.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

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Zheng (2022) also explains that the interactive nature of microlectures (where students are prompted to engage in active learning activities) enhances student learning. The planning template includes guiding questions to consider at each stage, along with links to specific active learning strategies that can be utilized.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. 2019) How to avoid cognitive overload during learning. Active learning.