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Scientific Practices in CUREs

Alaina J. Buchanan and Ginger R. Fisher are at the University of Northern Colorado and presented at ASMCUE 2022 a recorded session on the “Current Status of Science Practices in CUREs.” They mentioned that CUREs were described in 2014 by Auchincloss et al. and “born out of need for more workers in science, technology, engineering, […]
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Miro to Connect Learners Online and Asynchronously

Jessica Hill from the University of Toronto recorded a ten-minute ASMCUE session entitled “Cultivating student engagement in a large, asynchronous course using collaborative concept mapping,” Hill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and in the teaching track/stream. Their goal was to describe the use of a concept mapping activity in an […]
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TBL and GIDEON

Another recorded session from ASMCUE was “An Active Learning Pedagogy that Enhances Medical Students’ Learning and Engagement,” presented by Hatem A. Elshabrawy from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Sam Houston State University and Hossam M. Ashour from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. They spoke about Team-Based Learning […]
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Our Neuroscience, Identity and Culture Identities

Tonight I watched the recorded CAST UDL Symposium session by Blake Mickle Beckett entitled “Classroom Learners in Conversation about Neuroscience, Identity, and Culture.” Beckett started with her professional path and supporting her son with dislexia. During her dissertation, Beckett worked on a study focusing on five students. Beckett explained the methodology and the coding. She […]
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Chronic and Complex Illnesses and UDL

Tonight I watched the CAST UDL Symposium session by Alicia Cannon & Lisa Beth Carey entitled “Learner Variability: Lessons from Students with Chronic and Complex Illnesses.” Carey has an Ed.D. and is the Assistant Director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Cannon is a Pediatric […]
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The Modern Classroom and UDL

Facilitators Jennefer Rousseau, Andreas Lambrinoudis, & Svetlana Miftahov-Rapoport moderated the session at the CAST UDL Symposium “Using student voices to guide practice in the modern classroom.” They are all at a college in Canada, Bow Valley College. They have invested in a “modern classroom configuration.” There are cameras and speakers in the classroom and they […]
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Implementing the MARIO Approach for Better One-on-One Sessions

Philip Michael Bowman presented at the CAST UDL Symposium about “Implementing Effective 1-1 Learning Conversations.”Bowman has been a special ed instructor near Atlanta and in Thailand. Bowman helped create the MARIO approach. The MARIO Approach has four steps: connect, identify, activate, and empower. Bowman played a video of an advising session with a student. Bowman […]
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Empathetic Innovation

Continuing with the CAST UDL Symposium recorded sessions, tonight I watched Frances Hope Ratcliff present “There’s No “I” in Inclusion Part 2: Centering Learner Voice during Institution-Wide UDL Implementation.” Ratcliff is part of Reach MS: Realizing Excellence for All Children in Mississippi. The goal is to support K-12 students and teachers. Ratcliff is an academic […]
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The Impact of Trauma on the Instructor-Learner Relationship

I am now watching the recorded sessions from the CAST UDL Symposium. On Friday, I spoke to CAST staff about continuing coursework. I am excited about “going beyond the basics.” Dr. Carrie Awadzi from Delaware State University presented the recorded session entitled “Trauma and the impact of Teaching and Learning on Minority students.”Awadzi teaches in […]
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Collaboration for Systemic Change in UDL Implementation

Tonight I watched the CAST UDL Symposium session “Small Empathetic Moments Leading to Big Systems Change” facilitated by Jessica Bowman, Elizabeth Hartmann, Shannon Hitch, Allison Posey, Cassandra Sell & Debbie Taub. Debbie Taub is a Researcher at the TIES Center, Allison Posey is a Senior Content Editor & Producer at CAST, Jessica Bowman is a […]
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