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Finding Opportunity in Crisis: Five Ways the Pandemic Can Make Public Education Better

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Finding Opportunity in Crisis: Five Ways the Pandemic Can Make Public Education Better#coronavirus, #COVID19, #covid19Canada, #hgse, #ossemooc, #pandemic, #UniversalDesign, UDL

There is no doubt that March 14, 2020 has all of us in a world that is very different from the one we anticipated. The escalation of the national and provincial responses, in a time when everyone has a voice online and facts don’t always rise to the top, creates challenges we have yet to […]

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EdLine Canada: Autism Goes to School

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on EdLine Canada: Autism Goes to School@voicedcanada, #edcan, #voiced, Autism, Canadian Education Association, Edcan Network, UDL, Universal Design For Learning, VoicED Radio

Note: This show concluded on April 7, 2019. Please listen to the podcast of the show here and feel free to comment using the #EdCan hashtag. On Sunday, April 7, 2019, we are so pleased to welcome Dr. Sharon Mitchell to the show as our special guest. “Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell is an autism consultant, university instructor and speaker/advocate for those on the spectrum, […]

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Supports: Building Leadership Content Knowledge

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Supports: Building Leadership Content KnowledgeAlexander Den Heijer, Education Leadership, leadership, SEL, UDL

School and System Leaders need to be able to recognize excellent classroom learning environments. In their roles, they support educators in improving the school learning environment. How do we support school and system leaders in developing the content knowledge needed to be effective in their roles? Universal Design for Learning Currently in our District, we […]

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The Myth of the Average Learner

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on The Myth of the Average Learner@ltoddrose, #nled, Allison Tucker, NLEDEAP, UDL

What do we design classroom learning for? Or perhaps we should be asking WHO we design classroom learning for. What is our image of the learner? Shifting the image of the learner  Good learning design isn’t possible without thinking through all the ways our learners vary. When we consider the wide variation in foot size; […]

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