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Mini-course: Associate Credential - Level 1

The premier resource authored by the professionals at Learning Designed - designed for anyone pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1.

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This premier resource, authored by the professionals at Learning Designed, prepares anyone who is pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1. Learn more about why UDL is so important to designing modern learning environments that address the needs of all learners. 
 

Associate - Level 1 Mini-Course 

Getting started with the Associate Level 1 Credential

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Bryan Dean
Matt Marino

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Learning Designed

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Is there a place to identify what the expectations are and about how much time I need to set aside to earn this credential? Trying to decide when to begin. Thanks!

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No sound? Am I missing something? Text-to-speech voice over is simple to accomplish and would help enormously. The NVDA screen reader is having trouble with the first reading assignment. Plus, when the assignment is completed, a screen appears that reads "BYE! You may now leave this page." But the only way to leave is to exit the course, which means I have to now reload and pick through to where I left off. For a course on UDL principles, it is a bit ironic that the module doesn't seem to be set up to accomodate all learners.
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UDL is important to teachers and students at schools. To students, UDL provides multiple means of representations, which can promote students' understanding of lessons. students who can understand the knowledge and context at the lesson are more likely to master the skills and contents, and therefore they can achieve higher scores and succeed at schools. Meanwhile, UDL allows students to express themselves in multiple ways, which means that students can use the ways that they are interested to show their knowledge in classes and assessments. it is particularly important to students with disabilities to express themselves in flexible ways, because they may face barriers when they are required to use one way to participate in testing. Moreover, UDL stresses the engagement in students' learning, so that students are more likely to finish their learning. To teachers, using UDL to design a lesson is more likely to include all students at a class, because teachers use multiple ways to promote students' understanding, engagement, and participation, which can help teachers to design successful lessons. at the same time, using UDL can help teachers to reflect their students because UDL can be a checklist, when teachers design their lessons, and teachers can design flexible lessons if they can rethink their lessons in UDL principles.

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Mini-course: Associate Credential - Level 1

The premier resource authored by the professionals at Learning Designed - designed for anyone pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1.

Average: 4.3 (15 votes)

About

This premier resource, authored by the professionals at Learning Designed, prepares anyone who is pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1. Learn more about why UDL is so important to designing modern learning environments that address the needs of all learners. 
 

Associate - Level 1 Mini-Course 

Getting started with the Associate Level 1 Credential

Authors/Creators
Bryan Dean
Matt Marino

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Learning Designed

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Professional Development

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Submitted by rowiny_636 on Sun, 09/29/2019 - 15:34
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Is there a place to identify what the expectations are and about how much time I need to set aside to earn this credential? Trying to decide when to begin. Thanks!

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No sound? Am I missing something? Text-to-speech voice over is simple to accomplish and would help enormously. The NVDA screen reader is having trouble with the first reading assignment. Plus, when the assignment is completed, a screen appears that reads "BYE! You may now leave this page." But the only way to leave is to exit the course, which means I have to now reload and pick through to where I left off. For a course on UDL principles, it is a bit ironic that the module doesn't seem to be set up to accomodate all learners.
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UDL is important to teachers and students at schools. To students, UDL provides multiple means of representations, which can promote students' understanding of lessons. students who can understand the knowledge and context at the lesson are more likely to master the skills and contents, and therefore they can achieve higher scores and succeed at schools. Meanwhile, UDL allows students to express themselves in multiple ways, which means that students can use the ways that they are interested to show their knowledge in classes and assessments. it is particularly important to students with disabilities to express themselves in flexible ways, because they may face barriers when they are required to use one way to participate in testing. Moreover, UDL stresses the engagement in students' learning, so that students are more likely to finish their learning. To teachers, using UDL to design a lesson is more likely to include all students at a class, because teachers use multiple ways to promote students' understanding, engagement, and participation, which can help teachers to design successful lessons. at the same time, using UDL can help teachers to reflect their students because UDL can be a checklist, when teachers design their lessons, and teachers can design flexible lessons if they can rethink their lessons in UDL principles.

group of people gathering their hands together as backdrop photo to the title Associate Credential Level 1

Mini-course: Associate Credential - Level 1

The premier resource authored by the professionals at Learning Designed - designed for anyone pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1.

Average: 4.3 (15 votes)

About

This premier resource, authored by the professionals at Learning Designed, prepares anyone who is pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1. Learn more about why UDL is so important to designing modern learning environments that address the needs of all learners. 
 

Associate - Level 1 Mini-Course 

Getting started with the Associate Level 1 Credential

Authors/Creators
Bryan Dean
Matt Marino

Organization/Publishers:

Learning Designed

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Professional Development

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January 17, 2023

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Submitted by rowiny_636 on Sun, 09/29/2019 - 15:34
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Is there a place to identify what the expectations are and about how much time I need to set aside to earn this credential? Trying to decide when to begin. Thanks!

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No votes yet
No sound? Am I missing something? Text-to-speech voice over is simple to accomplish and would help enormously. The NVDA screen reader is having trouble with the first reading assignment. Plus, when the assignment is completed, a screen appears that reads "BYE! You may now leave this page." But the only way to leave is to exit the course, which means I have to now reload and pick through to where I left off. For a course on UDL principles, it is a bit ironic that the module doesn't seem to be set up to accomodate all learners.
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UDL is important to teachers and students at schools. To students, UDL provides multiple means of representations, which can promote students' understanding of lessons. students who can understand the knowledge and context at the lesson are more likely to master the skills and contents, and therefore they can achieve higher scores and succeed at schools. Meanwhile, UDL allows students to express themselves in multiple ways, which means that students can use the ways that they are interested to show their knowledge in classes and assessments. it is particularly important to students with disabilities to express themselves in flexible ways, because they may face barriers when they are required to use one way to participate in testing. Moreover, UDL stresses the engagement in students' learning, so that students are more likely to finish their learning. To teachers, using UDL to design a lesson is more likely to include all students at a class, because teachers use multiple ways to promote students' understanding, engagement, and participation, which can help teachers to design successful lessons. at the same time, using UDL can help teachers to reflect their students because UDL can be a checklist, when teachers design their lessons, and teachers can design flexible lessons if they can rethink their lessons in UDL principles.

group of people gathering their hands together as backdrop photo to the title Associate Credential Level 1

Mini-course: Associate Credential - Level 1

The premier resource authored by the professionals at Learning Designed - designed for anyone pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1.

Average: 4.3 (15 votes)

About

This premier resource, authored by the professionals at Learning Designed, prepares anyone who is pursuing the UDL Associate Credential - Level 1. Learn more about why UDL is so important to designing modern learning environments that address the needs of all learners. 
 

Associate - Level 1 Mini-Course 

Getting started with the Associate Level 1 Credential

Authors/Creators
Bryan Dean
Matt Marino

Organization/Publishers:

Learning Designed

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Professional Development

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Interactive module

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January 17, 2023

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Submitted by rowiny_636 on Sun, 09/29/2019 - 15:34
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No votes yet

Is there a place to identify what the expectations are and about how much time I need to set aside to earn this credential? Trying to decide when to begin. Thanks!

0
No votes yet
No sound? Am I missing something? Text-to-speech voice over is simple to accomplish and would help enormously. The NVDA screen reader is having trouble with the first reading assignment. Plus, when the assignment is completed, a screen appears that reads "BYE! You may now leave this page." But the only way to leave is to exit the course, which means I have to now reload and pick through to where I left off. For a course on UDL principles, it is a bit ironic that the module doesn't seem to be set up to accomodate all learners.
0
No votes yet
UDL is important to teachers and students at schools. To students, UDL provides multiple means of representations, which can promote students' understanding of lessons. students who can understand the knowledge and context at the lesson are more likely to master the skills and contents, and therefore they can achieve higher scores and succeed at schools. Meanwhile, UDL allows students to express themselves in multiple ways, which means that students can use the ways that they are interested to show their knowledge in classes and assessments. it is particularly important to students with disabilities to express themselves in flexible ways, because they may face barriers when they are required to use one way to participate in testing. Moreover, UDL stresses the engagement in students' learning, so that students are more likely to finish their learning. To teachers, using UDL to design a lesson is more likely to include all students at a class, because teachers use multiple ways to promote students' understanding, engagement, and participation, which can help teachers to design successful lessons. at the same time, using UDL can help teachers to reflect their students because UDL can be a checklist, when teachers design their lessons, and teachers can design flexible lessons if they can rethink their lessons in UDL principles.

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Building Mindsets for Learner Variability/Inclusive Practice

This session details how the Learner Variability and Special Education Initiative at Teach For America develops mindsets for incoming teachers as well as staff members and the promising results stemming from this approach.

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Curious about building or deepening mindsets in teachers and school leaders that invest them in welcoming all learners and building inclusive classrooms and schools? This session details how the Learner Variability and Special Education Initiative at Teach For America develops mindsets for incoming teachers as well as staff members and the promising results stemming from this approach. The session explores the history of ableism and its intersection with racism and other forms of oppression, ramifications on students today, different models of disability, and how we consider our own identity when it comes to ability. The session concludes with an exploration of how the Initiative then connects Universal Design for Learning as a pedagogical framework for welcoming learner variability and incorporating inclusive practices in all classrooms and schools.

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Kate Blanchard

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Learner Variability Navigator

Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Navigator (LVN) is a free whole child-based web tool that presents evidence-based factors and strategies to meet learners where they are across varied contexts and needs. Building on emerging research on learner variability, we strive to support each learner, their parents, educators, and the ed-tech development community.

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The science of the individual is clear that there is no average student. Teaching to the middle actually teaches no one. Learning sciences, instead, leads us to better understand the factors that matter in learning, a combination of academic, cognitive, social and emotional skills, and student background. At the Learner Variability Project (LVP) we translate this ever-growing research into easily accessible factors and strategies that can inform both product design and classroom practice. The research-based factors and strategies together comprise our Learner Models, which include preK through high school in reading, math, and literacy. These Models are free, open-source, and based on a whole-child framework. Teachers and edtech developers can:

 

  1. Independently walk through LVN to infuse their practice and product with research-driven learner factors and strategies designed to reach each learner. 

  2. Seek LVP-provided professional development and training opportunities. 

  3. Explore learner variability micro-credentials that build educators’ capacity for addressing different factors, like attention and self-regulation. 

 

LVP also provides access to free reports, case studies, videos, and webinars focused on learner variability and learning sciences research in numerous areas, including SEL, culturally responsive teaching, and adolescent literacy.

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Digital Promise

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October 29, 2021

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Anticipate Variability and Reduce Barriers

An overarching goal of UDL is to anticipate learner variability and reduce barriers in the design of learning experiences. This UDL Core Foundation resource was designed to help you better understand the importance of designing for learner variability and reduce barriers in the learning experiences.

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There are two key ideas in the UDL Core Foundation - Level 2 Credential:

  1. There is variability in our learners that we can anticipate. Variability refers to the full range or spectrum of learners. It can be predictable and we can design to support it.

  2. Barriers are places in a learning experience where learners struggle in unproductive ways that are not necessary to achieve the intended learning goals or objectives. Barriers can be proactively reduced in the design of the goals, assessments, methods, and materials using the UDL Guidelines.

This UDL Core Foundation resource was designed to help you better understand the importance of designing for learner variability and reduce barriers in the learning experiences.

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Allison Posey

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November 8, 2019

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It may seem like I'm nitpicking, but it's for your good : )  I noticed a small grammar mistake on slide 8, towards the bottom.  The text reads, "but instead addresses the barrier by incorporating a flexible design options that support the intended goal."  Remove the "a" after "incorporating."

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A Virtual Tour of the Algiers STEM Center – The UDL Lens

This resource summarizes the use of virtual reality technology to explore a sample spectrum of STEM workshops and teacher training activities. Activities are all rooted in the application of UDL principles to provide accessible learning experiences for STEM educators in Algeria’s unique context.

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This resource highlights the production of a 360 view of the Algiers STEM Center activities, with intensive insights into the UDL in STEM teacher training modules. The Algiers STEM Center, located in Algiers, Algeria, has become a magnet for inquiring youth, with over 2,000 participants benefiting from interactive makers’ inspired activities such as coding, robotics, engineering, chemistry and artificial intelligence. The Center has graduated 82 teacher candidates from the UDL in STEM Teacher training program. Graduates continue to work directly with youth both in the STEM Center and in public and private schools across Algeria. This resource summarizes the use of virtual reality technology to explore a sample spectrum of STEM workshops and teacher training activities. Activities are all rooted in the application of UDL principles to provide accessible learning experiences for STEM educators in Algeria’s unique context.

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Leah Bitat, Mohamed Abdelaziz

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December 17, 2021

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A Virtual Tour of the Algiers STEM Center – The UDL Lens

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Universal Design for Learning One-Pagers

Removing Barriers to Learning

This resource examines teacher-inquiry tools and resources that you can use to identify your students’ strengths and needs, and use to identify and select strategies that mitigate learning barriers.

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Viewing lesson design through the framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) requires using tools and strategies that reach all learners, including those with disabilities. However, creating a welcoming and effective experience for all students requires understanding the barriers they face and how to mitigate them. This resource examines teacher-inquiry tools and resources that you can use to identify your students’ strengths and needs, and use to identify and select strategies that mitigate learning barriers. It also explores employing empathetic processes to make classrooms more inclusive.

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Amanda Morin, Emily Art

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May 5, 2019

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ACCESS to Post Secondary Learning through UDL

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles and techniques for creating inclusive classroom instruction and accessible course materials. At its core is the assertion that allstudents benefit when they are given multiples ways to take in new information, express their comprehension, and become engaged in learning.

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles and techniques for creating inclusive classroom instruction and accessible course materials. At its core is the assertion that allstudents benefit when they are given multiples ways to take in new information, express their comprehension, and become engaged in learning.

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ACCESS at Colorado State University

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October 4, 2018

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