Transforming with Blended Learning

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework provides a guide for rethinking the design of learning experiences to remove barriers and promote access. UDL draws upon brain science, evidence-based practices, and leverages digital tools. This framework can be applied to all lessons, regardless of grade level, content area, or delivery mode. In this course you will unpack the UDL Guidelines, and explore specific applications across content areas, with a focus on hybrid and virtual learning environments.

Our classrooms have changed. Motivation is low, time is limited, and students feel more disconnected than ever. Choosing a high-impact discussion strategy is important for making the most of the instructional time available. Through this course, review three discussion strategies that encourage student higher-order thinking and collaboration, can be applied at various points of a unit and can be implemented in many subjects.  Explore best practices for implementing these strategies face-to-face or remotely. Walk away with a new or adapted learning experience that leverages one of these discussion strategies.

Increasing student motivation is not a new challenge; however, it feels like a new challenge in the virtual classroom. In this course, educators will explore how to leverage the strategies they use in the physical classroom to increase student motivation and engagement in the virtual classroom. Additionally, educators will explore ideas for tapping into authentic audiences, entrepreneurial mindsets, and gamification.

Students who work together learn from one another. This is why group work is considered a best practice in any classroom. But how can we effectively facilitate group work in remote and hybrid learning environments? In this course, we will explore how to implement collaborative group work through five phases: brainstorm, ideation, creation, improvement, and presentation, and how they can be integrated into the non-traditional classroom.