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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. Summer Learning Opportunities.

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Universal Design for Learning: What is it? Why use?

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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. UDL at its core is simply good teaching.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

1 – Flipped Classroom Concepts for Homework The flipped classroom has been around for a while. In a flipped classroom, students watch lectures and other lesson content on video. Flipping Your Classroom: Redefining Homework and Instruction is an excellent course to help you with this.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Instead, they can spend more time facilitating learning and working directly with small groups of students.

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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

This blend of online and offline learning can happen exclusively in the classroom with the station rotation and whole group rotation models. It can combine both in-class and online learning at home with the flipped classroom and playlist models. Looking for additional resources?

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

So how do we leverage blended learning to be more strategic about the form instruction takes in classrooms? The Flipped Classroom Model: Using Video Strategically. I encourage teachers to consider the following question. That way, students can control the pace they consume and process that instruction.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning. Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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