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Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

How can we leverage technology to provide meaningful choices within a learning experience and create the time and space needed to work with individual students or small groups of learners? UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.”

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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.

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Heroes at Work: How San Diego USD made PD a pandemic priority

eSchool News

Keep reading this interview with Julie Garcia, the district’s Director of Instructional Technology, to discover how the district prioritized meaningful teacher PD and student engagement. They never have time to learn technology on their own. JG : I had this crazy idea. I thought, “Hey, teachers are at home.

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3 Principles for Using Technology in the Classroom to Personalize and Improve Learning

Catlin Tucker

Using technology to remove barriers and give students more ownership of their learning process, we create more inclusive, equitable, and engaging learning environments. For coaches, it means supporting colleagues in designing lessons that align with flexible models and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Edsurge

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

Edsurge

There’s nothing wrong with formal professional development, especially if it’s meted out in manageable, bite-sized chunks, adds Torrey Trust, an associate professor of learning technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has studied professional learning networks and social media.

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Learning in the Digital Age

eSchool News

Collaboration is not confined by physical barriers–global learning communities connect and share insights in real-time. Adaptive learning technologies cater to individual needs, optimizing educational paths for diverse learners. Personalized learning: Technology enables a more personalized approach to education.

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