universal design for learning making connections edmonton, alberta august, 2011
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Universal Design for LearningMaking Connections
Edmonton, AlbertaAugust, 2011
Connecting with the Past: Where did UDL come from?
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Where is UDL now?Connecting with the Southern
Provinces
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Section 103(24) UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.The term ‘universal design for learning’ means a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice that—
(A)provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways students are engaged; and(B)reduces barriers in instruction, provides appropriate accommodations, supports, and challenges, and maintains high achievement expectations for all students, including students with disabilities and students who are limited English proficient.
U.S. Public Policy
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National Educational Technology PlanNovember 2010
Dear Members of Congress:
Education is vital to America's individual and collective economic growth and prosperity.......
To that end, I am presenting you with the Administration's National Education Technology Plan, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. The plan calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement......
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...The model of learning described in this plan calls for engaging and empowering personalized learning experiences for learners of all ages. The model stipulates that we focus what and how we teach to match what people need to know and how they learn.It calls for using state-of-the-art technology and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) concepts to enable, motivate, and inspire all students to achieve, regardless of background, languages, or disabilities.
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The National Instructional Materials Accessibility StandardNIMAS Legislation (2006)
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...NIMAS is a standard for digital source files that can be used to accurately and reliably produce instructional materials in a variety of alternate formats using the same source file.
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…addresses the national need to increase the availability and timely delivery of print instructional materials in accessible formats to blind or other students with print disabilities in elementary and secondary schools.
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Making Connections Neural Networks in the Brain
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Posner and Raichle, Images of the Brain
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What Learning Looks Like*
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What Learning Looks Like*
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Vygotsky and the Brain
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What does this ability to visualize the functioning brain teach us
about learning?
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What do we learn frommodern neurosciences?
Learning is highly diverse by individual.
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From Shaywitz et al.
FMRI – Dyslexia
When reading emotion, teens (left) rely more on the amygdala, while adults (right) rely more on the frontal cortex.
Deborah Yurgelon-Todd, 2000
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What do we learn frommodern neurosciences?
Learning is highly diverse in its distribution.
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PET scans by Lawrence Parsons, Peter Fox, and Donald Hodges Universty of Texas, San Antonio
Left panel: the harmony condition activated the left side of the brain more than the right. It also activated inferior (or lower) regions of the temporal cortex as compared to the melody condition
Center panel: the melody condition activated both sides of the area called the temporal cortex (which is known to represent sound) to a much greater extent than did the rhythm and harmony conditions.
Right panel: much of the brain activation observed during the rhythm condition was in the cerebellum.
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What are the core differences that result in “neurodiversity.”
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• How to make sense of all of the possible distributed learning in the brain?
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Understanding what underlies the variability in learning
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Recognition networks
Strategic networks
Affective networks
Perceive information in the environment and transform it into useable knowledge
Understanding the scienceof what learning is
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Recognition networks
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Recognition Networks – Distributed
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Face Blind! By Bill ChoisserFace Blind! By Bill Choisser
http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/
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Recognition Networks - Parallel
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Recognition Networks - Heterarchical
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Illusions as top-down constraints on understanding images
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ShadowShadow
Presidential IllusionPresidential Illusion
Shadow & BallShadow & Ball
Illusions Reveal the Brain’s AssumptionsIllusions Reveal the Brain’s Assumptions
The Problem of Ruth:Individual Differences 1
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From Shaywitz et al
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Plan, organize, and initiate purposeful actions on the environment
Understanding the scienceof what learning is
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Strategic networks
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Strategic Networks - Heterarchical
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Strategic networks
What are the primary components of successful action and expression?
Moving toward guidelines
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Strategic networks
Physical Actions or Movement
What goes into strategicaction and expression?
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Skills and Fluency
What goes into strategicaction and expression?
What goes into strategicaction and expression?
Executive Functions
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What kinds of frontal systems are part of the diversity in learning?
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Monitor the internal and external environment to set priorities and to motivate learning and behavior
Understanding the scienceof what learning is
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Affective networks
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Monitor the internal and external environment to set priorities and to motivate learning and behavior
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Individual Differences in Distributed Learning
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Recognition networks
Strategic networks
Affective networks
Integrated Networks
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McGurk EffectMcGurk Effect
Stroop EffectStroop Effect
Capgras SyndromeCapgras Syndrome
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Which brings us back to the reading brain…
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