Unit 6 & 7- UDL and DDDM (Data Literacy)
After discussing assistive technology, we then shed lights on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in unit 6. According to Wikipedia, UDL is "an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences". Where I grew up, UDL was not addressed or even emphasized enough because the society wanted uniform, not those who liked to make it a special case. But since the country did not have so many immigrants from other parts of the world, uniformed education seemed to work it way out-having all students meet the same standards and requirements. Yet when I first started teaching here in the United States, I realized how different it is to have so many races and ethnicities in one classroom. But not only races and ethnicities, the diversity of students levels and backgrounds also made it imminent to differentiate in order to meet...