collaboration

September 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition

Membrane Potential and Biotechnology Pathways

Tonight I watched an ASMCUE session by Jenna E. Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology and Millikin University. I had watched this session earlier this summer. I remember being excited and intrigued. The activity Smith designed was to teach resting membrane potentials. This activity has been used in Smith’s anatomy and physiology course. Students must know […]

September 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why, Writing

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 […]

September 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Lessons from an Exchange of UDL Knowledge

David Evans is from the Sydney School of Education at the University of Sydney and along with Elga Andriana presented at the CAST UDL Symposium 2022. The recorded fifteen minute session was entitled “Building Teacher Capacity Applying the UDL UDL Framework: Stories from Indonesia.” Evans spoke about advances in the use of technology in education. […]

September 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Tools for Sharing Ideas

Madison Bunderson, Elena Darling-Hammond, & Daniel Pimentel presented at the CAST UDL symposium this summer on “Using Online Tools and UDL to Elicit Learner Voice.” This was a three-video pre-recorded session. Pimentel began by speaking about student voice. I liked how they started with a slide that simply read “it is lovely to meet you.” […]

September 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Humanizing the Classroom: Co-Create/Co-Construct to Dismantle Systems of Oppression

“Leading with Care: Building Capacity and Connection in Collaborative Spaces” is the title of the CAST UDL recorded session I watched tonight. Melissa Chumakov, Sarah Driessens, Sarah Hunter, & Erin Valenzuela were the presenters. Driessens spoke about the power of storytelling. Recognizing the importance of collaborating with learners was a point Driessens made. Hunter started […]

September 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Connecting Research to Assessment in Pre-Service Teacher Education

“Creating Ownership in Assessment—From Higher Education to K-12 Classrooms” was the title of the recorded session presented at the CAST UDL Symposium by Deanna Maynard (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse) and Ashley Zehner (Muskingum University). Their guiding question they stated was: “how can we support pre-service teachers to reduce barriers when designing assessments? Zehner […]

September 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Website, Why, Workshop

YAM for STEM

“Academic Music: Engaging students in math, music, and computational thinking” was the title of a CAST UDL session that consisted of multiple videos and presenters: Timothy Bellavia, Susan Courey, Roslyn Haber, Tina Williams, Samantha Wright, & Santa-Li Zimbrano. In the first video, Susan Courey, shared data on the disparities of STEM education in rural and […]

September 5, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques

The Impact of UDL on Students and Future Teachers

“Passing the Torch: Universal Design for Learning Across Educational Contexts” is the title of the CAST UDL Symposium session by Tayler Cassidy and Danielle M. Feeney that I watched tonight. Dr. Feeney is an assistant professor at the Ohio State University and teaches special education. Tayler Cassidy graduated recently. They both described themselves during their […]

September 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Teaching and Implementing UDL in Brazil

“The inclusive perspective in Brazilian teaching practice: Teacher voices learning about UDL” was a three part recorded session for the CAST UDL Symposium presented by Paula Lopes Miranda & Raquel Neves Matos Carvalho. Carvalho is writing a doctoral dissertation about UDL and is a history and geography teacher. Miranda was a pedagogical coordinator of a […]

August 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Last CAST UDL Symposium 2022 Session

The final session of the CAST UDL Symposium was “Learner Voice and Inclusion: The Future of Education” with Allison Posey and Lindsay Jones, newly appointed CEO of CAST. Posey started the last session by encouraging people to take action and share what they learned. Posey said learner voice is so much more than how we […]

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