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Learning from Students

“School for all: Students empowered for change” was the title of the recorded session for the CAST UDL Symposium presented by Beatriz Duda Macera and Jessica Susano Ramos. This is the last prerecorded session of the symposium! The session began with a description of the education system in Peru. Two schools in different places in […]
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Empower The Learner

Kathleen McClaskey has written several books on learning, is the CEO & Chief Learning Officer at Empower Learner and founder of Make Learning Personal. Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles is also well versed in UDL and works with McClaskey as well as is a consultant. They presented on “Learners with Voice: Creating Pathways for Agency and Self-Advocacy” at […]
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UDL from the Student Perspective

Thomas Degner, Josh Egan, Karly Allen, Loui Lord Nelson & Mackie Norris were part of the CAST UDL Symposium session.”UDL in 15 Minutes with Students.” Nelson interviewed students Thomas, Karly, and Mackie. Thomas and Mackie have had teachers using UDL, and Karly just graduated as an education major and will be a lead elementary teacher. […]
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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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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 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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Surveying Students about OER Use and Preference

Tonight it snowed… and we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “An Analysis of the OER Feedback Survey from Students: Impact, Implications, and Lessons Learned.” Regina Gong and Jason Almerigi from Michigan State University (MSU) presented an overview of their study and results. Gong is the OER & Student Success Librarian… and I have […]
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The Penguin Corps and Learning about Open Source Software

Open-source software can be so helpful but often challenging to learn. Tonight’s Open Ed 2021 session was about open source software and… The Penguin Corps. The title was “Open Source Belongs in School. Let’s Put It There!” with Stu Keroff from the Aspen Academy and several students from Penguin Corps. Keroff talked about using open […]
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Student Contributions to OCW

Yesterday’s Open Ed 2021 session left me thinking and rereading my post. Tonight we continued watching sessions. The one we watched was entitled “When Students Create OER: What We’ve Learned and What’s Next at MIT OpenCourseWare” with speakers Ashay Athalye, Sarah Hansen, Curt Newton, and Paige Dote from MIT Open Course Ware. Newton is the […]
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Textbook Affordability through Student Digital Storytelling Campaigns

Today was a rainy Monday with lots of computer work. Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Beyond the #Campaign: Capturing the Realities of Textbook Affordability Through Digital Storytelling” and presented by Adriana Poo, Christa Bailey, and Louis Tran from San Jose State University. They acknowledged the Muwekma tribes. Since 2018, their OER […]
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