Week 4 Overview

Taking Action to Provide Equal Learning Opportunities (March 14 - 20)

In this week, you will explore how Universal Design for Learning is implemented in real-life scenarios relevant to your learning environments. You will also be introduced to Backward Design and examine how it fits into the bigger picture of Universal Design for Learning and accessibility. This module will allow you to reflect on how you can use these principles and methods to provide equal learning opportunities to your learners.

Please watch the introduction video for this week (0:44).

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Course Competencies

• With accessibility in mind, utilize the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in designing learning experiences
• Analyze the benefits of Backward Design when developing learning experiences

Learning Objective

At the end of this week participants will be able to:

• Reflect on how Backward Design, accessibility and UDL complement each other when designing learning experiences.

Learning Activities

• Readings
• Videos
• Self-check quiz
• Discussion 

Assessment

Your peer review assignment you will be a reflection on the ways that Backward Design, accessibility and Universal Design for Learning complement each other when designing learning experiences. Once you submit your assignment, you will review two of your peers assignments. Please review the section again on how Peer Review Assignments work. Successfully completing this assessment with an average of 80% or higher from your peers will enable you to earn the Week 4 Taking Action badge. 

Week 4 peer assignment due by March 20 by 11:59 PM EST.

Peer reviews of 2 students work due one week later - March 27 by 11:59 PM EST.

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