Participants will:

• deepen understanding of the importance of goal setting
• examine how to craft and communicate clear goals
• explore how to design goals that are flexible without the means embedded
• design or redesign a learning goal to be clear, relevant, and rigorous.

To access the interactive learning module, click on the Interactive link above or select this link: https://www.learningdesigned.org/content/got-minute-goal-setting-digital-module-0

Chapter 5 from Teaching Every Student In the Digital Age focuses on setting clear educational goals that recognize learner variability and promote student learning. This chapter describes ways educators can design goals that allow students to use a variety of methods and means to achieve the goal.   

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) represents a paradigm shift in education that has the potential to improve outcomes for a broad range of learners. The UDL-IRN working with the Michigan Integrated Technology Supports (MITS), in collaboration with CAST, has identified four critical, foundational elements of UDL implementation and research. Educators aligning instruction to UDL must minimally include each of the four elements.