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Week 4 - Discussion 1

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

UDL Guidelines: Examples and Resources

This discussion is an opportunity to further demonstrate your ability to apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to the design of instruction and assessment. As you learned last week from reading Edyburn (2013) Chapter 5 and viewing the CAST (2010) video  UDL at a Glance (Links to an external site.) , the three main principles supporting UDL are to Provide Multiple Means of (a) Representation (the “what of learning), (b) Action and Expression (the “how” of learning), and (c) Engagement (the “why” of learning). For this discussion you will review technology checkpoints as they relate to the three main principles of UDL. It may be helpful to review the Week 3 Instructor Guidance page where UDL is explored in the intellectual elaboration and to take time now to review your feedback from the Week 3 assessments as well. Then, to prepare for this discussion, read the Week 4 Instructor Guidance and then visit the The UDL Guidelines (Links to an external site.) (2014) website. At the website, select the principle you have been assigned based on your last name using the list below. You will then choose one checkpoint from the principle you have been assigned to review.

· one checkpoint from any of the three guidelines from Principle 1. Provide Multiple Means of Representation.

Within the checkpoint there are several examples and/or resources that support the principle and checkpoint. Next, choose one example/resource that interests you to explore, interact with, and evaluate. You may also choose to consider examples geared toward the grade or ability level you are currently teaching, have experience in, or intend to teach.

Initial Post: Create a multimedia-based presentation with software such as Screencastomatic (Links to an external site.), Prezi or Voicethread to showcase the specific UDL checkpoint example selected. Include the link to your presentation featuring the example/resource selected as well as written responses to the discussion points below. Your written response needs to be between one and two paragraphs in length. Your written response should be the transcript for your presentation.

One of the ways to make your discussion engaging and effective is by including audio of your voice alongside a presentation of the information you have investigated. You can talk through these points during your tutorial. It will help to create a presentation in PowerPoint first that is three slides long with each slide covering one of the three points below. Create a transcript for each slide to create a seamless presentation.  The transcript can then serve as your written response that you will include with your recording link. If for some reason you are unable to complete this discussion using the recommended technology, please contact your instructor for an alternative way to respond.

a. State your assigned principle and selected checkpoint (Links to an external site.)  (number and description).  For example, Engagement: Checkpoint 7.2.

b. In your own words, describe your selected checkpoint and how it relates to your principle.  Make reference to the course readings or outside source to support your description.

c. Choose one of the bullets below your selected checkpoint (see this resource: UDL Strategies by Checkpoint (Links to an external site.) ).  Copy and paste this bullet within your slide and then provide a specific example of how this strategy could be used in your current/future work context. Consider how you might use it when instructing. 

Guided Response: Respond to two peers by first choosing two peers with a different last name grouping than your own. View their multimedia presentation and reflect on how their example relates to the three principles of UDL. Provide specific feedback for the   specific example created and how it could be effectively used for instruction. Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you to further the conversation. The continued conversation also gives you further opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real world experiences with the topic of UDL.