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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. It is based on the idea that no one-size-fits-all.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Authored by Fernanda Pérez Perez, a recipient of The Blaschke Fellowship, the report explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance educational accessibility and support for students, particularly those with disabilities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. At a macro level, disability organizations are finding ways to work together that would never have happened before the pandemic. We can promote teacher-parent-student solidarity. Follow her @drchriscip.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? How can institutions create a culture of collaboration to support universal design? Trish Briere shared, “We have an ADA team embedded within our learning design unit.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2023

Youth voice is vital in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. 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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. You can read part one here. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). These findings have changed the way most experts in the field of psychology and neuroscience think about intelligence itself. Therefore I was constantly fighting an uphill battle.

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