Planning for Inclusion: Using Universal Instructional Design to Create a Learner-Centered Community College Classroom

A popular freshman social science survey course, Introductory Psychology, serves to illustrate one application of Universal Instructional Design (UID) principles. A seven-step lesson planning process is used to teach a unit on personality theories. Multiple modes of representation allow students multiple means of expression, and provide students with different ways to become engaged. Included in the lesson plan is a survey of nine sample adaptations or instructional design decisions to consider. In addition, learner-centered assessment strategies are discussed with a focus on adapting the multiple-choice exam with UID principles. The author concludes that Universal Instructional Design principles prove to be a powerful pathway for affirming student diversity, promoting a genuine sense of community, and improving student retention, achievement, and motivation.     

Technology User Groups and Early Childhood Education: A Preliminary Study

This article presents a preliminary examination of the potential of Technology User Groups as a professional development venue for early childhood education professionals in developing operational and functional competence in using hardware and software components of a Technology toolkit. Technology user groups are composed of varying numbers of participants having an interest in technology, and are led by one or more skilled facilitators who meet with participants across time to help them acquire and demonstrate new technology skill sets. A series of these groups were conducted with seven early education professionals serving young preschool children who were at risk or who had disabilities. The impact of these technology user groups was examined using self-reports subsequent to individual participation. Specific data were collected regarding the types of technologies that had been used, and the types of classroom instructional products that had been created and implemented in classrooms using the technologies. A discussion of the value of technology user groups is presented.     

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A cognitive model for the evaluation of units of instruction

Instructional Science - This paper describes an approach to the problem of how particular pre-existing systems of cognitive structures in individuals could be brought to bear on the design and...     

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本文作者曾在中国执教数年,遇到许多中国学生向他提问。他总结了其中较具代表性的问题一一予以了解答,希望对广大读者朋友有所帮助。