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COVID-19 has created widespread trauma. Experts offer guidance on how to lead with more awareness and compassion.

The terms “mind map” and “concept map” are often used in similar contexts. However, as I learned when researching for my contribution to What School Leaders Need to Kno…

Learn how to use VoiceOver, the macOS screen reader, to control your Mac with a keyboard, refreshable braille display, or trackpad.

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Tools to Improve the Accessibility of Documents, Slides, Videos, and Websites Richard Byrne PracticalEdTech.com We all have different needs and preferences when it comes to consuming the media in our lives. Our students are the same. Some need webpages read aloud, some need different color sche...

José Bowen shares about his new book, Teaching Change, on episode 382 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Today. Google Arts and Culture is releasing a new Teacher Guide – a dedicated resource for educators to make learning with Arts & Culture and using the platform in class easier than ever.

We're talking about the characteristics of inclusive classrooms and asking reflections questions about inclusivity and inclusive design.

Katie Novak, EdD, breaks down what is Universal Design for Learning (and what it isn't!).____________________________Learn MoreWebsite: www.NovakEducation.co...

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By James M. Lang

The conflict resolution strategist and artist of gathering. Physical or virtual, reinventing the “how” of coming together — and the “why.”

How can we use retrieval practice to break up our lessons , quickly and easily, without pausing to facilitate class discussion or collect papers? This week, we focus on a retrieval strategy we simply call "Two Things,"  a no-quiz retrieval strategy for your classroom.

How we frame forgetting in the classroom could use an adjustment.

College students are reading on-screen more than ever. Yet in higher education, teaching strategies for reading are still largely paper-based and rarely account for the different types or how digital modalities can improve accessibility. In her new book, Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, Dr. Jenae Cohn seeks to recast the conversation as one that’s focused on how educators can …

In this series, James M. Lang argues that simple changes in our pedagogy — in things like course design, classroom practices, and communication with students — can have a powerful impact on student learning.

Every single person is unique and has different skills, so why are students taught the same way? Jan Wilson explores the possibilities of a universal design ...

By: Ann Gagné, PhD, Educational Developer (UDL) So here we are in Fall 2021 semester, filled with many unknowns and an increased number of to-dos, coming from all directions: departmentally, institutionally, personally. While instructors were preparing for the fall, we have heard much discussion on social media and within higher education institutions about accessibility and its impact on student engagement; instructors and departments seem at odds about what a more accessible higher education f

In a 'flipped' class, success at in-class activities is highly reliant on students being diligent about the at-home work. The "tipped' class is more forgiving.

Barbi Honeycutt and Bonni Stachowiak talk about how to use podcasts in teaching on episode 381 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Podcasts are a screen-free, movement-enabling, ear-stimulating and eye-opening way to deliver content. Learn the benefits and where to find great ones.

Inclusive assessment is about more than evaluating students. It is the on-going activities that allow students and instructors to understand student progress on meeting the course learning objectives. Students should be asked to demonstrate their… Read More

Remote teaching has revealed the importance for students of learning new skills and taking creative risks without being watched, argues Maggie Melo.

A conversation broke out on Twitter last week. How do you make Zoom breakout groups less boring?