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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. I described how blended and online learning can help educators provide opportunities for students to perceived and engage with information presented in multiple modalities. Check out my self-paced online course.

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5 Traps That Will Kill Online Learning (and Strategies to Avoid Them)

Edsurge

Online learning has moved to the front stage as 90 percent of high-income countries are using it as the primary means of educational continuity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Department of Education, Richard is a go-to person for exploring the shift we are experiencing in learning today.

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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Textbook Market By Encouraging a Mix-and-Match of Courseware

Edsurge

A new startup wants to shake up the textbook market by making it easier for professors to adopt courseware created at colleges and universities rather than by commercial textbook publishers. based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset.

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10 K12 education trends to look for this year

eSchool News

While there are still some privacy issues to address, assistive devices can update information published in outdated textbooks and give students a space to dive deeper into their own learning by asking questions and following up on their own curiosities. Growth of integrated learning. Expansion of blended learning.

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How to Build an Online Learning Program Students Crave and Employers Want

Edsurge

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples? all students—not just digital natives—expect learning resources to be rich with animation or digital learning objects that make learning more realistic and relevant.

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Data shows growing GenAI adoption in K-12

eSchool News

textbook readings) (30 percent) and visuals (e.g., images included in textbooks and digital content) (29 percent). Specific content generation needs: K-12 teachers are more likely to adopt GenAI materials that can create and build the following types of content: assessments (e.g., test and quiz questions) (34 percent), animations (e.g.,

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Amazon’s New Service Eases Schools’ Transition to E-Textbooks

EdTech Magazine

Frank Smith An update to Whispercast guides schools through the digital leap.

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