Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-168
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 703-725
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

Creating Global Classrooms Using Universal Design for Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 186-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Brown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Classroom Technology ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Culturally Diverse Students ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Global World

Media and digital content has become an integral part of our lives. Digital content has expanded the opportunities for accessing information for individuals with special needs and classrooms with culturally diverse students. Because the digital content is taught through multiple modes, it provides access to information previously available only through print formats. By incorporating universal design into the classroom, the students are using media and digital literacy skills, preparing them for the global world in which they live. In this chapter, a description of universal design will be provided, how to use the digital and media content to create a classroom that honors diversity, and how to use universal design for teaching different languages. The concepts of universal design and the global classroom are pulled together through project or problem-based learning. Finally, a glimpse into the future classroom technology is provided.

Transforming Digital Literacy With Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 170-195
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

The American Rescue Plan Act Funds and Students With Extensive Support Needs: Three Considerations for Technology Access and Use

2021 ◽  
pp. 273247452110625
Author(s):  
Alexandra S. Reed, MEd ◽  
Grace L. Francis, PhD ◽  
Marci Kinas-Jerome, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
K 12

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted inequities in technology literacy and access for students with extensive support needs (ESN) in k-12 settings. Technology is critical for students with ESN to continue lifelong learning after graduation. The unprecedented level of funds from the American Relief Plan provides schools opportunities to invest in sustainable and accessible technology which benefits all students. The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework is used to increase access to learning for all students, and should be applied to decision making surrounding technology investment and purchasing. This essay provides three considerations for schools to reflect on when spending ARP Act funds: (a) use UD to purchase technology, (b) provide UDL professional development to teach technology literacy skills, and (c) provide learning opportunities aimed at technology use among students with ESN.

Transforming Digital Literacy with Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 239-265
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

Transforming Digital Literacy with Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 161-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Donohue ◽  
Kevin Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Literacy Education ◽  
Design For Learning

The chapter reports on the research and efforts of two faculty members in an Instructional Technologies (ITEC) Master's program to transform their undergraduate and graduate courses into culturally sensitive personalized learning experiences in media literacy education. The 20-year-old ITEC program needed upgrading to meet the paradigm shift in new technologies and global education that its students would enter on graduation. Cultural and social justice issues have been the mission of the University for 40 years and that dimension of media literacy education was missing from the ITEC curricula. Researchers found that introducing techniques of gamification, heutagogical methods, and universal design for learning principles into their online and blended-learning courses provided a way to help students personalize their learning experience and interact more engagingly with each other, and to master the media literacy skills being taught.

scholarly journals Valoraciones del alumnado de Educación Primaria sobre lecturas digitales diseñadas con UDL Book-Builder como apoyo en los procesos lectores

Aula Abierta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 481
Author(s):  
José Manuel Sánchez-Serrano ◽  
Carmen Alba-Pastor ◽  
Pablo Sánchez-Antolín
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Digital Texts ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Educación Primaria

RESUMENLa diversidad en las aulas es un hecho y atenderla un reto a enfrentar para todos los docentes. Distintas investigaciones muestran que ciertas tecnologías tienen potencial para apoyar procesos de aprendizaje implicados en la lectura, aunque son escasos los trabajos que consideran la visión del alumnado en la evaluación de dicho potencial. Este estudio descriptivo tiene como objetivo conocer las valoraciones de los usuarios sobre un conjunto de lecturas digitales diseñadas con UDL Book-Builder, una herramienta on-line para la creación de libros multimedia según los principios del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje, y sobre las características que incorpora, como son ayudantes virtuales, lector de texto, audio o glosario multimedia. Se digitalizaron 24 lecturas que fueron utilizadas durante un curso escolar en tres centros de Educación Primaria. Tras ello, una muestra de 117 estudiantes de primer y segundo curso respondierona una encuesta para valorar los materiales y sus características. El análisis cuantitativo de los datos muestra que el alumnado identifica diferentes formas en las que éstas actúan como «andamiaje» de su aprendizaje y la mayoría prefiere estas lecturas digitales frente a los mismos textos en formato impreso. Los datos sugieren que el uso de estos recursos tecnológicos podría ser adecuado para responder a la diversidad en los procesos lectores y pueden resultar de utilidad a los docentes en la selección de las herramientas digitales más adecuadas para lograrlo.Palabras Clave: Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje, TIC, Lecturas digitales, Educación Primaria, Evaluación de recursos digitales.ABSTRACTDiversity in classrooms is an indisputable fact and teachers are challenged to deal with it. Research findings show that technologies own the potential to support different learning processes and that certain technical functionalities have positive effects on the acquisition of literacy skills. However, there are few studies that take into account the students’ vision to assess that potential. This descriptive study analyzes the users’ feedback about digital readings designed using UDL Book-Builder application, a free online tool for creating interactive books, based on the Universal Design for Learning principles, which allows to incorporate features such as coaches, text reader, audio or multimedia glossary. Twenty-four digital texts were used in reading classes of three primary education centres throughout the school year along with the printed version. After that, a sample of 117 first and second-year students was interviewed to respond to a survey so that they could value these functionalities. Quantitative analysis of the results shows that students identify different ways in which these act as scaffolding of their learning and most of them prefer these digital readings versus the same texts in print. The data suggest that use of these technological resources might be appropriate to respond to diversity in reading processes and could be useful to teachers in selecting appropriate digital tools to achieve it.Keywords: Universal Design for Learning, ICT, Digital texts, Primary Education, Digital resources evaluation.

scholarly journals Valoraciones del alumnado de Educación Primaria sobre lecturas digitales diseñadas con UDL Book-Builder como apoyo en los procesos lectores

Aula Abierta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 481 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Sánchez-Serrano ◽  
Carmen Alba-Pastor ◽  
Pablo Sánchez-Antolín
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Digital Texts ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Educación Primaria

RESUMENLa diversidad en las aulas es un hecho y atenderla un reto a enfrentar para todos los docentes. Distintas investigaciones muestran que ciertas tecnologías tienen potencial para apoyar procesos de aprendizaje implicados en la lectura, aunque son escasos los trabajos que consideran la visión del alumnado en la evaluación de dicho potencial. Este estudio descriptivo tiene como objetivo conocer las valoraciones de los usuarios sobre un conjunto de lecturas digitales diseñadas con UDL Book-Builder, una herramienta on-line para la creación de libros multimedia según los principios del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje, y sobre las características que incorpora, como son ayudantes virtuales, lector de texto, audio o glosario multimedia. Se digitalizaron 24 lecturas que fueron utilizadas durante un curso escolar en tres centros de Educación Primaria. Tras ello, una muestra de 117 estudiantes de primer y segundo curso respondierona una encuesta para valorar los materiales y sus características. El análisis cuantitativo de los datos muestra que el alumnado identifica diferentes formas en las que éstas actúan como «andamiaje» de su aprendizaje y la mayoría prefiere estas lecturas digitales frente a los mismos textos en formato impreso. Los datos sugieren que el uso de estos recursos tecnológicos podría ser adecuado para responder a la diversidad en los procesos lectores y pueden resultar de utilidad a los docentes en la selección de las herramientas digitales más adecuadas para lograrlo.Palabras Clave: Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje, TIC, Lecturas digitales, Educación Primaria, Evaluación de recursos digitales.ABSTRACTDiversity in classrooms is an indisputable fact and teachers are challenged to deal with it. Research findings show that technologies own the potential to support different learning processes and that certain technical functionalities have positive effects on the acquisition of literacy skills. However, there are few studies that take into account the students’ vision to assess that potential. This descriptive study analyzes the users’ feedback about digital readings designed using UDL Book-Builder application, a free online tool for creating interactive books, based on the Universal Design for Learning principles, which allows to incorporate features such as coaches, text reader, audio or multimedia glossary. Twenty-four digital texts were used in reading classes of three primary education centres throughout the school year along with the printed version. After that, a sample of 117 first and second-year students was interviewed to respond to a survey so that they could value these functionalities. Quantitative analysis of the results shows that students identify different ways in which these act as scaffolding of their learning and most of them prefer these digital readings versus the same texts in print. The data suggest that use of these technological resources might be appropriate to respond to diversity in reading processes and could be useful to teachers in selecting appropriate digital tools to achieve it.Keywords: Universal Design for Learning, ICT, Digital texts, Primary Education, Digital resources evaluation.

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