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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people. University of Rochester Office of Disability Resources, adapted with permissions.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

Faculty Focus

Bonnie Hemrick, Director of Mental Health Promotion at Oregon State University, helped frame issues of student well-being and resilience. Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design.

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Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

In my upcoming book, I teamed up with Dr. Katie Novak to explore the complementary nature of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. This bridge will help leaders and teachers understand how to universally design blended learning. ” UDL celebrates learner variability as an asset in the classroom.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is based on a scientific understanding of how people learn. The goal of UDL is to design “barrier-free, instructionally rich learning environments and lessons that provide access to all students” (Nelson, 2). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company, Inc.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Catlin Tucker

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. These are critical routines designed to help students build their metacognitive muscles, engage actively in their learning, and partner with their teachers in the learning process.

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Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Universally designing blended learning presents educators with the opportunity to transition from designing a single experience that is teacher-paced and teacher-led to a more flexible experience that gives the students more control over the pace and path. 1 Student-Paced, Free-Flow Station Rotation Lesson.

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Friday 5: Universal Design for Learning

eSchool News

Let’s take a look at how Universal Design for Learning can benefit students: What best describes Universal Design for Learning? Let’s take a look at how Universal Design for Learning can benefit students: What best describes Universal Design for Learning?