Pedagogy

Podcasting to Help Students in Transition Share

I watched a session of the CAST UDL Symposium I didn’t get a chance to watch live. The presenters were Taylor Bousfield & Erika Moore. The topic interests me a lot: “Using Podcasting to Capture Students with Disabilities’ Voice in Transition.” Bousfield is a staffing specialist and adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida. […]
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Learner Voice for Health and Wellbeing

Tonight after our second day at the beach, I watched the CAST UDL Symposium session entitled “Tapping into Learner Voice to Maximize Health & Wellbeing” presented by Anne Bishop, Anne Marie DeGirolamo & Kasia Derbiszewska. They started the session with a poll asking participants whether they were heard during health and wellness visits. They shared […]
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Respectful Partnerships with Student Co-Creators

The keynote for the second day of the CAST UDL Symposium was entitled “Meaningful Co-Creation: Supporting Student Voice in the Classroom & Beyond” and featured Ninah Jackson. Before the keynote, Elisa Torres spoke about their experience as a learner in different courses and teachers in the Dominican Republic and stated: “learner voice helps us test […]
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The Origins of CAST, UDL, and Texthelp

“A Special Take 20 with Texthelp Featuring David Rose & Martin McKay, Hosted by Joni Degner” was the title of the CAST UDL Symposium Session I watched tonight. Degner hosted this conversation with Rose and McKay. Joni Degner hosts a series “Take 20” with Texthelp. McKay spoke about his dad having a stroke and losing […]
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The Five Es and Lesson Plans to Inspire Learner Voice

Samantha Abarca & Dr. Leena Bakshi facilitated a session at the CAST UDL symposium entitled “Inspiring Learner Voice through Racial and Social Justice in UDL.” They shared their slides and a lesson planning document. The session had participants from Canada and all throughout the country based on the chat. Bakshi is a member of an […]
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The UDL Mindset

Jennifer Pusateri presented at the CAST UDL Symposium a synchronous session entitled “Supporting the UDL Mindset Shift in Educators.” Pusateri is a CAST Faculty member: I didn’t know this existed and will look into it. Someone in the chat mentioned pairing UDL with Quality Matters. They spoke about the idea of having a progression in […]
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Continuous Opportunities for Feedback and Communication

“Honoring and Valuing Student Feedback to Build Community in Online Learning” is the session’s title from the CAST UDL Symposium presented by Irma Gomez, Jeanna Gravel, Monica Ng, Zach Smith, and Carina Traub. They shared their slides as a GoogleDoc along with a handout. Ng mentioned that the inspiration for the session was a course […]
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A Study on Flexible Deadlines

Melissa Hills, Kim Peacock & Brittany Wiseman presented at the CAST USL Symposium this month about “Replacing Power with Flexible Structure: Learner Centered Deadline Policies in Post-secondary.” They acknowledged the lands in Canada that they inhabit. One attendee in the chat mentioned during their introduction that they were interested in flexible deadlines and wanted to […]
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UDL in Different Teaching Contexts

Marnie Lynch & Amy Robinson presented at the UDL Symposium this year on “Uplifting voices in Court and Community Schools.” They are both in Solano County, a county in California with six school districts, eight independent charter schools, and about 63,000 students! They have over 7,000 learners with reported disabilities. Robinson asked the audience to think about […]
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Empowering and Honoring Decision

“Power and Empowerment: Honoring By Decision and Design” was the title of the CAST UDL session by Andratesha Fritzgerald. The session used Peardeck and started with a question: “If you could be on a reality TV show, which one would you choose and why?” Slides were shared at: https://bit.ly/fritz72722 Fritzgerald is the author of a […]
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