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Week 5

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The Universal Design for Learning guidelines offers learners with multiple means of representation, given through various forms of engagement, and more opportunities for expression all for the purpose of meaningful learning. Moreover, “Universal Design for Learning: Guidelines for Accessible Online Instruction” provides some helpful insights pertaining to adult online education. One of the ways Rogers-Shaw et al. (2018) addresses useful, applied UDL in an online class is that learners from a variety of backgrounds can continue their education through a simple, equal platform without barriers such as distance interfering. When UDL is applied to online courses, students learn both formally and informally through the flexibility of communication technology provides, enhancing  social participation (Rogers-Shaw et al., 2018, p. 27). It stresses that special design under UDL principles should be considered when creating an online course. The article concludes with an ...
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Week 3

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How People Learn II , Chapter 5 - “Knowledge and Reasoning” Summary:  “Knowledge and Reasoning” lays out a blueprint of a learner’s ability to make connections with new, learned information, integrate it into situations, and develop capabilities to reason and use learned knowledge for deeper understanding. Learners naturally start to build a foundation of knowledge, even from infancy (p. 86). As people mature and experience the world, the knowledge base provides the necessary skills needed in order to draw conclusions, or reason. Secondly, as learner’s build on an existing knowledge base it then leads to expertise, which is beneficial because learner’s will be able to recall quickly and learn new information easier. However, with expertise may come bias. While some bias may be useful for problem solving in social situations, some negative bias includes people’s attitude toward learning. It is vital to break through these barriers to allow learning possible. Inferential reasoning re...
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Week 2

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Part 1 The nature of authentic intellectual work is using an original application of knowledge combined with disciplined inquiry to solve problems that go beyond the goals of a classroom. The difference between authentic intellectual work and traditional teaching approaches is that AIW focuses on the process of using critical thinking skills in a meaningful and productive way and applying it to students’ current and future lives. Traditional approaches tend to focus on teaching practices, whereas AIW focuses on the production of life-applicable skills such as decision-making and communicating.  The components of authentic intellectual work consist of a construction of knowledge, a use of disciplined inquiry, and a value beyond school. This criteria makes a perfect recipe for the goal of better instruction and assessment because it asks both the teacher and student to take initiatives for AIW success. However, the teacher should make a “serious effort” to encourage students to pro...
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Week 1

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My name is Carley and I have recently been promoted to full time Mommy. Although I am not working outside the home  at present , I have taught  both  domestically  and abroad.  I reside in Oklahoma City  where I taught 5 th  grade in the Putnam City school district.  P rior to,  I taught a variety of ages in  Sydney,  Australia  both  in formal  and informal  settings .  I have lived and traveled  in  other countries as well. My future professional goals are to create a culturally responsive classroom in any instructional setting I find myself in.  I aspire to open the eyes of  eager learners  to a beautiful  world  and integrate diverse  concepts  into the learning standards .  I especially find  students in  grades  4-6  at  an impressionable time   and  desire to  teach  them a  better understanding  a...
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