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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2449] Re: [Professional Development 2448] Re: Universal Design and ProfessionalDevelopmentLenore Balliro lenore_balliro at worlded.orgWed Aug 20 18:59:43 EDT 2008
Dear Don, Thank you for the link, and I look forward to reading your articles. I think what has impressed me the most about UD principles is the necessity to stop and examine our assumptions before we plan classes. Can everyone read? Can everyone write? Is everyone comfortable talking in groups? How can we involve the greatest number of participants in a lesson? How can we modify lessons to increase comprehension and participation? What schemas (formal and content), supports, and classroom rituals can we offer and repeat to help students scaffold learning? UD has helped me to think in terms of codifying these questions so I am more likely to be conscious of them when I plan--lessons or curricula. Lenore Balliro World Education, Boston Hello Colleagues, I have studied UD for a number of years now and have developed and delivered professional development about UD for adult educators at various levels (ABE, GED, ESOL, technical education, community college, and university) at conferences and educational institutions. The approach I use is to focus on the diversity of students: ethnicity, gender, disability status, natonal origin, learning styles, etc... My approach is more generalized in that I don't promote one approach to UD such as UDL (Universal Design for Learning) or UDI (Universal Design for Instruction) and so on, but rather, I take a more general approach for applying the nine principles of UD to classes. Applications I typically discuss include materials, assessments (particularly to provide alternative formats--especially digital) as well as discussing the physical environment. I have a website that includes some articles I have written and examples of handouts from UD workshops I have conducted. Go to http://www.DonFinn.com and click on the "Publications" link. I hope this is helpful! Don Finn Donald E. Finn, Ph. D. -----professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov wrote: ----- To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List" <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov><~!B*+R^&> From: "Taylor, Jackie" <jataylor at utk.edu><~!B*+R^&> Sent by: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov Date: 08/19/2008 02:36PM Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2441] Universal Design and Professional Development Hello everyone, I couldn’t help but notic >>> Donald E Finn/AC/VCU <definn at vcu.edu> 08/20/08 5:31 PM >>>
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