Browsing by Subject "universal design for learning (UDL)"
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Item Learning and teaching in the 21st century: Seven habits of highly effective developmental educators(Pennsylvania Association for Developmental Education, 1999) Arendale, David R.We have a wonderful opportunity to control and shape our destiny. The Seven Habits’ principles work in all areas of our lives. Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People are not unique. Many of the world’s great religions and philosophies said them first, and maybe with even more eloquence. But I hope you can see how we can apply those principles to help us be more effective as educational leaders. We need to learn to reinvent ourselves as resources for the entire campus -- students and faculty alike -- in renewing the learning environment. Our institutions need for our centers and departments to expand our services to include academic enrichment for all students. I exhort you to find ways to make your existing departments more comprehensive in its services. The profession must continue the process of being main streamed into the academic life of college. Whatever the name for your center or department, become a more comprehensive learning center in service. I believe that is the bright future for our profession. Let us put “First things First” and begin today.Item Planning and assessment tool: Higher education programs and services(University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, 2008) Arendale, David R.; Poch, RobertThe Planning and Assessment Tool is based on the seven basic principles of Universal Design for Learning. It is applicable for instructional and well as student affairs within an institution. It is diagnostic to identify ways that the activity can become more accessible for a wider range of students. Based upon research and theory, the tool provides a simple and practical approach to implementing UDL in everyday decision-making by campus administrators. This approach aids in not only reducing or eliminating access and learning barriers from the campus, but improves the learning and living environment for all students.Item Special Issues on Universal Design for Inclusive Pedagogy(Education Sciences Journal, 2018-12) Arendale, David RThis Special Issue seeks to address the needs of all postsecondary/tertiary students for a barrier-free learning environment to increase their academic achievement, engagement, learning mastery, and persistence to graduation. Universal Design for Inclusive Pedagogy (UDIP) is sensitive to diverse students and individual differences to promote access and equity. While our colleagues in elementary and secondary education have been addressing this issue for many years, postsecondary education is a newer field for this approach. The six articles in this issue break new ground with regards to expanding the boundaries of Universal Design (UD). Areas explored in this Special Issue are transformed curriculum, innovative teaching and learning practices, cross-national and cross-cultural student interactions, application of UD to academic pathways, and UDIP embedded into the institutional culture and policies. The central themes of the articles are increased access, equity, and social justice for all students.Item Teaching history using Universal Instructional Design(University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, 2008) Arendale, David R; Ghere, DavidThis chapter provides a practical model for social science teachers to integrate the best practices of Universal Instructional Design (UID). The approach was used in a developmental education context where academic skill training has been embedded in introductory courses in American history and world history. Use of UID principles not only reduced classroom barriers for students with disabilities but enhanced the learning of a much larger student group, those who have academic preparation issues for rigorous college courses. In some cases, the same practices had utility for both student groups as well as increasing outcomes for the general student population.Item Using Universal Instructional Design for administrative leadership, planning, and evaluation(University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, 2008) Arendale, David R.; Poch, RobertUniversal Instructional Design (UID), Universal Design for Instruction (UDI), and Universal Design (UD) provide a practical model. to guide more inclusive learning practices within student affairs and also to serve as a useful evaluation measure for student outcomes. This chapter extends the utility of these approaches for a variety of settings within student affair units, addresses dynamics of change, identifies institutional and community assets that can support sustained change, presents a planning and assessment tool, offers several real-world scenarios for within student affairs, and concludes with several case studies of change at the institutional and state level.