Encouraged Fixes for PDF Files | HHS.gov - 1 views
Why the Science of Teaching Is Often Ignored - 0 views
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"Cleary is among those professors trying to tackle that challenge with strategic interventions. Through an elective called the Science of Learning she hopes that if students read the research on memory and learning they will adopt better strategies. These desirable difficulties include strategies like testing yourself regularly on what you've learned, rather than reading the same passage over and over with a highlighter in hand. "What we're teaching people doesn't feel good," Cleary admits. And the techniques require continual practice to be effective. "It's a horrible sales pitch." Cleary also helps other faculty members figure out how to incorporate these strategies in their teaching. Students tend not to like, say, weekly quizzes. And professors often don't want to stop in the middle of a lecture to ask students to jot down what they've learned so far. It makes Cleary uncomfortable, too. "It feels like I'm not doing anything. I'm just standing there," she says. "I should be cramming more content into my lecture.""
Education Is On The Frontlines Of The AI Culture Wars - 0 views
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I don't think people with existing skills will ever adopt generative AI as part of their daily practice. Instead, I think we're going to see lines drawn in the sand. After all, the folks who have those skills worked to establish them, often spending years honing such skills and going into debt to establish mastery in their fields. I fully expect to see many people bias generative AI as a form of cheating. Early testing shows that those with underdeveloped or emerging skills rather than those who have mastered skills are the most likely to benefit from adopting generative AI in their jobs. This suggests that such adoption could benefit those unprepared, unmotivated, and struggling students the most. It also suggests that their higher-performing peers will see the least amount of help from adopting generative AI. What's lost in this is we want as many students as possible to develop mastery in skills for their studies and their future careers, not use generative AI as a crutch to help them pass. ... I said this last year and think it rings truer today-the mark of future mobility will not be having access to a college education. Rather, it will be if you could afford to go to an institution where a human being taught you or if you had to attend one where you learned from an algorithm.
120. Scaling Accessibility - tea for teaching - 3 views
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Digital Accessibility in Online and Hybrid Learning, around the concept of increasing student access to learning.
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the concept of increasing access to education and educational material, rather than to the idea of accessibility.
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we don’t actually say accessibility as much as we do instead use the term digital access, because for us, that includes things such as affordable learning, and OER, all of that actually falls into the scope of access on my campus.
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Universal Design for Learning and Digital Accessibility: Compatible Partners or a Confl... - 0 views
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For now, we recommend waiting out the waves of accessibility standards implementation. Discuss implementation options with university stakeholders, but resist locking onto an approach until your institution's leadership has solidified a definite plan and enacted accountability measures. Throughout the often lengthy process of determining an accessibility action plan, your university may consider everything from requiring accurate captions for every video within the next year to encouraging best practices and collecting data on gradual standard adoption. Although it is important to hold discussions, we recommend waiting as long as necessary before locking into a specific plan; doing so avoids having to change training material and messages to faculty, such as whether accessibility implementation is "required" or "recommended."
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Adopt a social justice model uniting UDL and accessibility with other student success initiatives. Create a culture that supports students with diverse learning and life needs. A social justice model supports equal opportunity for all students, especially historically disadvantaged groups. Although institutions must comply with ADA and Section 508, accessibility can go beyond the law to embrace critical values and beliefs about diversity and social justice.
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ongoing progress that demonstrates a commitment to continual improvement.
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