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Q1. UDL on Campus: Durham College – Durham College is one of the institutions shown on the website, Post-Secondary Institutions with UDL Initiatives, that currently applies UDL in their setting. Durham College has two campuses, Oshawa Campus and Whitby Campus located in Ontario, Canada (view map here). I found Durham College to have great strengthsContinue reading “Blog 8 – Week 14 UDL in Transition and Post-Secondary Education”

“A fair education system does not see all students as identical, and to meet the challenge of learner variability, the school community must share a belief in equity and high expectations for all learners.” Berquist, 2017, pp. 59 Q1. I found it reassuring and as a well thoughtout systems change on the time frame thatContinue reading “Blog 7 Week 13 – UDL in Pre-K12 Settings”

Q1. The “Table of 4 Districts” is a story based on four school districts in a journey in the implementation process of Universal Design of Learning (UDL). The districts included schools in Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana, Cecil County Public Schools in Maryland, and Chelmsford Public Schools inContinue reading “Blog 6 – Week 11 UDL & Systems Change”

Q1. In UDL Theory and Practice – What are the key points you took away from the examples? What changes would you make in how learning was assessed in this situations? To best assess learning, understanding the means behind assessment of formative (during instruction to make adjustments in teaching) and in summative (measures educational performancesContinue reading “Blog 5 – Week 9 UDL and Assessment”

Currently I teach preschool students and I have also taught Kindergarten in previous years. Our school is known for the diversity of our students. My class has a group of six ELL students that speak Spanish (3), Amharic (1), Arabic (1), and Mandarin/Chinese (1); I also have one student with an IEP that receives supportsContinue reading “Blog 4 – Class Curriculum & Developing Clear Goals”

“We can see the variability. And because we can see it, we design for it. And when we design for it, we end up being able to recognize talent that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.” Rose, 2012 Prezi: https://prezi.com/view/yhyHFbBCB2tFSDeYu9GP/ Being an expert learner to me means to do a task very well and with minimalContinue reading “Blog 3 – Learner Variability”

Universal Design of Learning and Universal Design “Consider the range of user abilities at the design stage of the curriculum and plan for accommodations…” CASE, 2003 As you walk into a building the doors open via a sensor or the ADA push button and the doors open. Or you are waiting at the crosswalk readingContinue reading “Blog 2 – UDL and UD”

“Students whose failures with printed text have caused them to build negative associations with the medium can become discouraged and lack the confidence that further efforts will yield progress.” MEYER & ROSE, 2000

Hi class I’m Ivonne, I’m excited for this semester, I’m ready to learn from the content and everyones input and experiences! I’m a mom, my 9 year old son, Adrian, is full of joy, he loves to learn and be independent. He was diagnosed with autism at age 2, he uses a communication device toContinue reading “Welcome”