UDL - Universal Design for Learning

How can Web 2.0 tools help support UDL Principle 2: the "how" of learning? Here are just a few example on how wikis, podcasts and blogs can provide "muliple means of expression".

 

How can wikis help?

> "Educators can post hyperlinks to demonstrations of multiple models of skilled performance

> Educators and students alike can offer ongoing relevant feedback to student contributions; students can contribute/alter content anonymously and still receive relevant feedback"

 

How can podcasts help?

> "Students can use podcasting and vodcasting to share what they know; these can be used as informal assessments (to guide educators in determining what to teach in the future) as well as for formal assessment"

 

How can blogs help?

> "Students can use text, graphics, video, voice/sound files, and other easy-to-create electronic tools to interact with the material and “show what they know”"

 

- From the course, SPED 210 (6210)|TRED 210 (6110): Universal Design for Learning - Implications for Career Assessment and Transition at The George Washington University

 

"Our brain's Strategic network helps students answer the "how" of learning through organizing, evaluating, planning and performing tasks. When our students have the opportunity to express their learning in different ways, they are finding different ways of action and expression. For example, students could write an essay, give a PowerPoint, or create a podcast about a particular concept."

 

Matt Bergman includes online resources that support UDL Principle 2 with alignment to the specific guidelines under this principle.