Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Student agency requires that we design our lessons to offer students meaningful choices. These choices can help us universally design learning experiences that strive to remove barriers and invite students to decide how to engage with information, make meaning, and demonstrate their learning. Thematic Choice Boards.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

It can be an online station in a station rotation , on-demand video content in a playlist , or a self-paced online activity in a whole group rotation. ” This concern highlights the importance of building an engagement activity around the video content to maximize its effectiveness and create accountability.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2023

By linking andragogy to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines, I offer suggestions for how faculty can advance student success using them. UDL was developed by CAST (2018) as a framework for designing curricula that enables all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. References CAST (2018).

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from. The “must-do” activities are critical to mastering grade-level content and skills.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

These traditional workflows do not position the students to be active agents or help them to develop into expert learners, who are resourceful, strategic, motivated, and self-aware. Too many students spend their days in classrooms passively observing, instead of actively engaging.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Encourages engagement and active participation in the learning process. This requires teachers actively seek feedback from students, modeling the process of giving and receiving feedback, and demonstrating how feedback contributes to personal and academic improvement. Supports skill development and mastery of concepts.

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Feedback Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Beliefs 423

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. To engage in deeper learning, students must take an active role in the learning process. How can teachers weave social-emotional learning (SEL) skills into the fabric of their lessons?

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Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 460

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Students must select at least one activity from each column. As I said in an earlier blog about using the principles of Universal Design for Learning to guide the design of blended and online learning experiences, this choice allows students to select a strategy for communicating their ideas that is comfortable for them.

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Learning Assignments Universal Design Feedback 546

Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2023

By linking andragogy to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines, I offer suggestions for how faculty can advance student success using them. UDL was developed by CAST (2018) as a framework for designing curricula that enables all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. References CAST (2018).

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Universal Design Learning Motivation Authentic Assessment 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I thought I had a pretty good handle on universal design for learning (UDL), but after chatting with Katie Novak , Ed.D., With UDL, teachers proactively design the curriculum to eliminate barriers. UDL empowers teachers to design lessons for the broadest possible range of students. Novak, author of UDL Now!

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

As teachers use the range of blended learning models to combine active, engaged learning online and offline, they are freed from feeling pressure to spend large chunks of a lesson at the front of the room controlling the experience. Over time, the lack of autonomy and agency also negatively impacts a learner’s motivation.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Blended learning is the thoughtful design and facilitation of learning experiences that strive to shift control from teacher to learner by weaving together active, engaged learning online and offline. There a several types of activities that lend themselves to learners controlling the pace of their experience.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

Such preliminary insights, whether through pre-assessments, diagnostics, or activities aimed at accessing prior knowledge, can illuminate the diverse range of skills, abilities, and needs within a classroom. This inquiry always prompts me to reflect: How many educators gather pre-assessment data before crafting their lesson plans?

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Blended Learning Coaching Knowledge Writing 375

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2021

Here are 8 tools and resources to help avoid the summer slide and keep students’ brains active over summer break: 1. In addition, the Coalition provides a host of hands-on activities families can use at home to keep students connected to their curiosity as they help solve some of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2020

But the good news is that along with an inclusive mindset, there are simple strategies you can draw from Universal Design for Learning pedagogy, which emphasizes: ? Consider instituting the following activities to create a positive and supportive environment. ? These are trying times for everyone. Make it fun.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

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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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Starting each class with a two-word check-in like Brené Brown uses with her team, incorporating fun activities, like online icebreakers and scavenger hunts, and making time to conference with individual students can all help to build community and relationships with students, even if that work happens online. ” I hear this a lot.

Learning 544

Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Before AI, designing for learner variability was an arduous process that may have felt unsustainable. I remember facilitating workshops on blended learning models and universally designed learning to provide students with flexible pathways.

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Blended Learning Knowledge Feedback Universal Design 392

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Each student has a unique way of processing information, and research shows that multi-sensory learning helps improve memory retention and overall understanding of the subject matter. Five ways that schools, educators, and communities can support neurodiverse students in the classroom: 1.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As 2023 winds down, it is important to note this trend and its origins from use primarily in special education to the current, continuing shift towards universal design and inclusion. Research has shown that physical activity helps support focus, attention, and emotional regulation. What is a sensory space?

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

We should always be thinking about including universal design for learning (UDL) in all that we do. As a matter of fact, the ISTE Standards for Educators call for educators to design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability (ISTE Standard 5, Designer).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Approaches we use, like Universal Design for Learning , embrace, rather than punish, diversity in learning styles and personality. For neurotypical students, most of these emotional, relational, and practical needs are met through the normal day-to-day activities of class and after-school activity.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Actively Engage Students in the Feedback Process In John Hattie and Helen Timperley’s (2007) paper, The Power of Feedback , they assert that effective feedback should answer three questions. This ensures that they comprehend the destination or desired result of the activity or assignment at hand.

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Utilizing the AiiCE tenets , which recommend taking approaches that are responsive to student identities (Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education, 2023) we will suggest steps towards inclusive education pedagogy with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and generative AI thought partners.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Technology: Topic boards that give students simple options to respond to questions by selecting “yes,” “no,” or “maybe,” thinking about Universal Design elements and giving students a variety of ways to respond so that participation is easy for everyone. Managing time.

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Students Communication Language Languages 279

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

We heard from Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo, assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, who studies individual differences in learning, language and literacy. Jennifer, as an instructional designer, are there particular concerns that you look out for? And the activity is just a content check.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Built using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, Magnetic Reading also notably helps all students engage with high-quality, grade-level texts. As part of this, the program features three types of scaffolds: resources for pre-teaching, embedded supports for students, and formative assessment opportunities.

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Reading Curriculum Skills Culture 213

Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2025

If every student is expected to watch the same video, complete the same activity, and submit the same response in the same way, were missing the opportunity to leverage technology for accessibility, inclusivity, and equity. Instead, we should design learning experiences that allow students to access content in multiple ways (e.g.,

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Technology Learning Coaching Feedback 277

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners. For EALA, this is a clear signal that we, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for the benefit of all learners.

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Disabilities Universal Design Special Education English 186

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

While many well-intentioned commentators have warned teachers against this practice, the fact is that copyright law—specifically fair use—permits many read-aloud activities online. Fair use is a provision of copyright law that allows many reading aloud activities to be translated from the classroom to online learning. What Is Fair Use?

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Reading Fairness Teachers Disabilities 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Inclusive Practice & Universal Design. Intentional and accessible practices that are designed for individual learners are being widely adopted by schools and educators. Related sessions: Active Learning for Engagement and Effectiveness. Related sessions: Analyze Act Reflect: A Refreshed Approach to Data.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Fostering student connections, encouraging voice and choice, adding relevance to lessons, and nurturing student ownership results in a supportive community where students feel comfortable as active participants in their learning. Each student approaches learning uniquely.

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Technology Motivation Learning Styles Students 269

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

To limit screen time, teachers can lean on Universal Design for Learning principles , which advocate for giving students different options in how they learn concepts and complete assignments, including offline activities. Quality, creative teaching is really required,” adds Trust. “If

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Course Design Instructors should ask themselves: What do you want students to learn in your course? The answer to this question will help identify the right class materials, activities and assessments to use. Start by identifying learning objectives, not technology tools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Student-centered approaches such as active learning , in which faculty facilitate opportunities for small-group collaboration and minimize lecture time, have been linked to improved student performance. Another version of this approach supplements large lectures with smaller interactive sections.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

So, we incorporated principles like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure cultural relevancy and inclusivity, created project prompts around climate change and mental well-being and designed professional learning and curriculum supports to emphasize our district’s priorities.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2023

Youth today are significant users of technology and have dominated AI-related conversations, so it’s essential to provide opportunities for them to design and problem solve the tools that are shaping their future. Students can better understand complex concepts and thus improve their academic performance.

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