UDL in 15 Minutes

44: Face-to-face or online: How a district’s technology department supports teachers use of UDL in all environments

Brenny Kummer, a former middle and high school teacher, is a technology coordinator for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation. In this podcast, she shares how BCSC had already ingrained UDL into its technology supports, how she and her colleagues have supported teachers during emergency online learning, and a specific example of supporting occupational therapists.

43: Getting started and keeping it up: How teachers in this Dublin, Ireland secondary school are using UDL to influence their teaching during emergency distance learning

Since the beginning, Elish Sheridan and her colleagues have used a TeachMeet format to share their effective uses of the UDL framework when planning and delivering their face-to-face and current distance learning lessons. They’ve continued that sharing style during their school’s closure. Elish shares what her colleagues have discovered during this podcast and via a one-page overview.

42: Lizzie Davis: Using the UDL framework to identify barriers to plan for distance learning and to return to brick and mortar

Hear how Lizzie and her colleagues used their UDL mindset to think through the barriers their students would face during emergency distance learning and how they are using the UDL framework to plan for their students’ return.

41: Finding what you need

This episode provides an updated easy-to-read table that organizes all of the UDL in 15 Minutes episodes by subject and grade. Find the podcast topic that connects with you most, then try out a couple of others!

40: Megan Gross and Lisa Yamasaki, special educators from California, share resources and tips for educating students with disabilities during this time of stay-at-home.

Megan and Lisa talk about some of the resources and tips they are providing to parents and general educators as everyone moves to educating all student at home.

39: He’s an experienced online educator who also teaches face-to-face. Here’s how Dan is negotiating his shift from brick and mortar to online through the use of UDL.

High school teacher Dan Marsh has been teaching in a brick and mortar setting for 16 years, but he’s also taught online for 10 years. During this episode, he shares his ideas about shifting his brick and mortar lessons online and how he’s supporting his students during that shift.

38: When instruction becomes enrichment: How Robin will use UDL to guide her online design

Robin, who is newer to UDL, shares her thoughts on how she’s going to weave UDL into her online enrichment lessons to enhance engagement and access during this time of social distancing.

37: High school English teacher Kelley Culp shares how she got started using UDL to design her online learning environment

Benefit from Kelley’s knowledge about UDL and her experience of planning an online environment using the framework. She recommends starting small and gives some specific examples of where she got started.

36: This alternative high school principal shares how she connects artistic expression as a learning tool and UDL

Principal Sara Soria shares her rich professional and personal journey to emphasize the importance of using art as a means of learning and expression and how she sees the arts as a tool to implement UDL.

35: When grading mirrors growth mindset: High School teacher Ian Wilkins tells his story.

When Ian Wilkins began to adopt Universal Design for Learning into his learning environment, he began to investigate how grades were moving his students away from being expert learners. Hear how this high school English Language Arts teacher redesigned his syllabus, created a rubric, and now guides his students toward a stronger growth mindset.