Blended Learning, Meeting and UDL

Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, educators face numerous challenges when designing instruction that promotes deeper learning for all students. Recently, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of international educators in Dubai grappling with these challenges.

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I host a podcast called The Balance and wrote a book titled Balance with Blended Learning because I see teachers struggling with balance in every coaching and training session I facilitate. The person doing the work in a classroom is the person doing the learning. That belief has informed the way I define blended learning.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. Blended learning can help! So how do we leverage blended learning to be more strategic about the form instruction takes in classrooms?

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Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Teachers Find their Role as Designer of Learning Experiences Cognitively Engaging. In my research on teacher engagement in blended learning environments, the most significant factor impacting cognitive engagement was a teacher’s work as a designer of learning experiences.

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Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The playlist, or individual rotation model, is a blended learning model that strives to give students more control over the pace and path of their learning. When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective.

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Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom.

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Is Your Classroom a Psychologically Safe Space?

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

My work focuses on supporting leaders, coaches, and teachers in transitioning from traditional teaching practices to blended learning. Blended learning is the combination of active, engaged learning online and offline. Teacher-centered instruction vs. Student-centered blended learning.

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Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2023

Teachers collect informal data that helps them design effective lessons and differentiate to meet students’ specific needs. This data allows the teacher to identify where students are struggling, where they are excelling, and where they need additional support. Traditionally, formative assessment has been used as a teacher tool.

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UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Create Flexible Pathways.

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A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

2) Video - Personalizing Learning at Oregon High School Learn how Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin uses technology to personalize the learning experience. Teachers who apply this approach modify the content, the process, and the way students demonstrate learning within their regular instruction.

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Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

Katie Novak to explore the complementary nature of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.”

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You may find a program that meets some of your requirements but not all and wonder if you should settle. The catalog include topics relevant to today’s K-12 education offered in a variety of approaches that meet teacher needs. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning.

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Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite my optimism about the benefits of AI in education, the buzz online is focused on the exciting new AI-powered education tools and not on the transformative impact those tools could have on how we design and facilitate learning experiences to meet the needs of diverse groups of students.

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Meeting the Needs of Your Students: UDL

WJU EdTech

MARCH 10, 2015

The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a leading proponent of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). “Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Access Project.

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Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

Standards-aligned: These choice boards are designed to meet specific educational standards and learning objectives. Review and practice: These boards reinforce previously learned vocabulary, concepts, and skills. Want To Learn More About Choice Boards? Check out my advanced blended learning course!

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Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Universally designing blended learning presents educators with the opportunity to transition from designing a single experience that is teacher-paced and teacher-led to a more flexible experience that gives the students more control over the pace and path. 3 Choose Your Learning Path Adventure.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

However, the goal of the station rotation model, specifically and blended learning more generally, is to provide students with opportunities for agency , including selecting the questions they choose to answer and working at their own pace. Meet with your conversation captains prior to the station rotation.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Social-Emotional Learning. Learn More. We have to relate to educate. Students are ghosting.

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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Blended Learning Benefit #1: Student Agency.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. I described how blended and online learning can help educators provide opportunities for students to perceived and engage with information presented in multiple modalities. Check out my self-paced online course.

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Using The Station Rotation Model in Math

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It can be challenging, if not impossible, to meet all those needs with a whole group teacher-led lesson. Traditional One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Math Lessons Although this one-size-fits-all experience is straightforward and feels time efficient, these lessons rarely meet the needs of all students.

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Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience.

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How to Maximize the 4 C’s in Your Classroom

EdTechTeam

MARCH 5, 2021

Evidence of the need for these 4 C’s is embedded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). To create truly student centered, personalized learning opportunities, teachers must design lessons with intention. Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL.

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Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In this blog series, we’ll explore the delicate balance teachers face when trying to meet the diverse needs of their students while making the most of their limited and valuable instructional time. Students are different from each other in terms of how they learn.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences.

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A HyperDoc Is Not A WebQuest!

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 14, 2018

Whether it be ‘on tech’ or ‘off-tech’ these blended learning lessons can be designed to meet the needs of each classroom. Teachers are tasked with integrating several best instructional practices to meet the needs of every learner. That describes the lesson design. What makes HyperDocs unique is the delivery.

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

We need them to know this upfront so that when we meet each of them where they are as learners they don’t see it as being treated differently, they see it all as learning. . Choice boards are one way to meet kids where they are as learners, as well as, give them ownership in their learning.

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How to Save Time Creating Lessons

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL. She believes in identifying learning objectives FIRST and then applying technology. Kim strives to meet teachers where they are and move forward. As an educator for 27 years, Kim has been an innovator in and out of the classroom.

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Farewell, 2020: Lessons Learned

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When it comes to connecting with your colleagues, I’ve seen teams of teachers commit to a book study as a way to connect and learn. Others meet virtually every week for a Friday happy hour or Sunday coffee date to talk about how they are navigating this challenging moment, personally and professionally. #2 This is not new.

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Choice Boards: Benefits, Design Tips & Differentiation

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Student agency, or a students’ ability to make key decisions about their learning experience, is an essential aspect of blended learning. Choice boards fall within the umbrella of blended learning when we combine active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline.

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Professional Learning Communities: Using the 5Es to Give Teachers Agency and Maximize Productivity

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

School leaders provide dedicated time in the teachers’ schedules to meet each week. Each member of the PLC should have time to share what they discovered or learned during the exploration stage of the 5Es. This can happen in a real-time discussion during a PLC meeting or asynchronously via FlipGrid video recordings.

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The Equity Advantage of Small Groups

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Skillset Shift To achieve this shift from whole group to small group, teachers need flexible instructional models that position students at the center of the learning experience. Blended learning provides educators with technology-enhanced instructional models that strive to shift the focus from the teacher to the students.

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FAQ: The Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. One of the key advantages of using a digital format is that it allows you to easily make copies of the playlist and design different versions to meet the needs of different groups of students or to adapt to different learning objectives.

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How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

EdTechTeam

MARCH 24, 2021

In a few clicks, I can likely be ready to better meet the needs of the learners in front of me. With all of the EduProtocols, I find the versatility of input, interaction, and output key to keeping me informed about my students and their progress in learning. Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL.

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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Is Your Classroom a Psychologically Safe Space?

Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

UDL and Blended Learning: Removing Barriers with Design

A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Universally Designed Blended Learning

Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

Meeting the Needs of Your Students: UDL

Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning

The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Using The Station Rotation Model in Math

Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

How to Maximize the 4 C’s in Your Classroom

Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

A HyperDoc Is Not A WebQuest!

Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

How to Save Time Creating Lessons

Farewell, 2020: Lessons Learned

Choice Boards: Benefits, Design Tips & Differentiation

Professional Learning Communities: Using the 5Es to Give Teachers Agency and Maximize Productivity

The Equity Advantage of Small Groups

FAQ: The Playlist Model

How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

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