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We are the Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL), a national center to improve faculty capacity to use educational technology in special education, early intervention, related services preparation and leadership personnel preparation programs.

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Results from the CIDDL Needs Assessment: Are Faculty and Their Students Digitally Ready?

CIDDL’s mission is to increase the capacity of higher education faculty to use In the spring of 2023, CIDDL conducted a needs assessment to determine how we can best support faculty, per our mission statement. CIDDL focused our research on three main questions. We will address the first question in this blog post by sharing our findings and discussing the implications.  To learn more about the participants and methodology, read the introductory blog of this series. We will discuss the other two questions in future blogs.

The second question guiding our needs assessment was “To what extent are IHE faculty (and their institutions) engaging their students in learning environments optimized through pedagogically sound technology use?" Are they and their institutions digitally ready? Read the answers in this week's blog. 

Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence in Special Education

As CIDDL’s mission is to influence change that supports the appropriate use of educational technology in all Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE), related services, and K-12 learning environments to improve outcomes for all students, especially those with disabilities we are developing a workgroup to support guidance on artificial intelligence (AI).

Vision:

The vision of the AI workgroup in special education research and personnel preparation is to support a collaborative group of leaders in the field to create a blueprint for the use of artificial intelligence to impact education and the lives of students with and without disabilities. 

We believe AI has the potential to disrupt education by impacting personnel preparation and providing personalized learning experiences, supporting students with communication and social skills, and helping teachers identify and address learning needs.

We believe that AI has the potential to make a real difference in the lives of students with disabilities. We are committed to developing and using AI tools in a way that is ethical, accessible, and equitable. We believe that AI can be a powerful tool, and we are excited to work with others to ensure the appropriate use of these tools is supported throughout the field. 

If you are interested in participating in a workgroup please complete this application. If you do not have time to participate but would like to remain up-to-date on the progress of the workgroup, please sign-up for the CIDDL weekly update or join the CIDDL Community to stay up-to-date and discuss technology-related topics. 

Artificial Intelligence Blog Series

Cracking the Code: Students with Disabilities in the Computer Sciences 

By Nick Hoekstra | August 29, 2023

CIDDList: Back-to-School Checklist for Technology in Teacher Preparation Courses

By Samantha Goldman | August 21, 2023

Empowering Special Education Faculty: Navigating the AI Landscape in Higher Education for 2023-2024.

By James Basham | August 11, 2023

Embracing the Future: How Teachers Can Harness AI at the Beginning of the School Year

By Angelica Fulchini | July 19, 2023

UDL, Design Learning, and Personalized Learning

By Samantha Goldman | July 10, 2023

There’s An AI for That: A Site Dedicated to Curating AIs

By Samantha Goldman | July 10, 2023

ChatGPT, AIs, and the IEP?

By Samantha Goldman | June 26, 2023

Apple Enters the AR/VR/MR/XR Scene

By Samantha Goldman | June 6, 2023

Foundations for AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning from the US Department of Educational Technology

By Samantha Goldman | June 5, 2023

Mixed Reality Simulations, Personalized Learning, AI, and the Future of Education with Dr. Chris Dede

By Samantha Goldman | May 16, 2023

The Question of Equity in the Age of ChatGPT

By Samantha Goldman | April 17, 2023

Three Free & Easy Tools to Support Tiered Reading in Your Classroom

By info@ciddl.org | March 28, 2023

Using the AI Bill of Rights to Guide Education’s use of AI and the European Commission’s “Ethical Guidelines for Teaching and Learning” to Guide the Future of AI in Education Part 2 of 2

By Samantha Goldman | March 23, 2023

Using the AI Bill of Rights to Guide Education’s use of AI and the European Commission’s “Ethical Guidelines for Teaching and Learning” to Guide the Future of AI in Education Part 1 of 2

By Samantha Goldman | March 22, 2023

AI to Support Literacy

By Samantha Goldman | March 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence: Positives and Negatives in the Mathematics Classroom

By Kenneth Holman | February 9, 2023

CIDDL ChatGPT: Solving Word Problems

By info@ciddl.org | February 9, 2023

CIDDL ChatGPT: Writing Programs

By info@ciddl.org | February 2, 2023

Equity, Diversity, and Access to Technology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Ashley Grays | January 26, 2023

CIDDL ChatGPT: Solving Multiple Choice Questions

By info@ciddl.org | January 25, 2023

CIDDL ChatGPT: Summarizing Text

By info@ciddl.org | January 19, 2023

Step by Step Use of Chat GPT

By info@ciddl.org | January 11, 2023

So, AI Ruined Your Term Paper Assignment?

By James Basham | January 5, 2023

Enhancing Instruction and Empowering Educators with AI Tools and Technology

By info@ciddl.org | December 14, 2022

Assistive Technology to Support Writing

By Samantha Goldman | April 13, 2022
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Join the CIDDL Community

We started a community of higher education faculty members focused on sharing tips and tricks, research-based practices, and strategies for innovative use of educational technology in educator or leadership preparation programs.

This is a place where we build connectedness, share varied opinions, and bring together our knowledge about leveraging technology to support all students.

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Contact Us

If you are interested in learning more about CIDDL or have questions about our work, please feel free to reach out. We would love to connect with you!

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Faculty and EdTech Learning Opportunities

Check out these great opportunities from CIDDL and its growing partner list to network with others and learn all things EdTech.

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We Want to Hear From You!

CIDDL is seeking input from PreK12 and higher education professionals on how to advance effective uses of technology in higher education preparation programs across the nation. Please share your insights and inform the CIDDL work by taking a quick 10-minute needs assessment survey. Click here to take the survey

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Latest Posts from CIDDL

UNESCO Discusses Artificial Intelligence

By Samantha Goldman | September 19, 2023
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September 4-7, 2023, UNESCO held their first Digital Learning Week in Paris, where the foci were digital learning platforms and generative AI.

Teaching Teachers to Teach Online Still Matters

By Samantha Goldman | September 12, 2023
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The concept of online teaching was foreign to many K-12 educators prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that brick-and-mortar schools have returned to a status-quo, does that mean that the need to prepare teachers for the online and hybrid environment has passed?

Creating Active Engagement in Your Teacher Preparation Programs Through CIDDL Resources

By Samantha Goldman | September 5, 2023
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In a previous blog post, we explored ways you could utilize the plethora of resources on the CIDDL website to support pre-service teacher education courses. In this blog post, we will explore how faculty can use the CIDDL resources to increase their own capacity to use technology in their practice.

CIDDL Cizzles: Watch Our Latest Episode

Tara Mason is making Gumbo and infusing it with UDL & AT Technology as an approach to Assessing Learning Needs.

CIDDL Cizzles: Recipes + Tech Tools for Faculty

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Chef Ruth Ziolkowski: Choices of Quiches and Literacy Toolbars

By Samantha Goldman | May 23, 2023
In our most recent CIZZLE, Ruth Ziolkowski from TextHelp and Don Johnston shared about the Literacy Toolbars designed to support learners with reading and writing support needs. Though supports, like read aloud, are becoming more common on publisher’s platforms, the benefit to toolbars, Ruth shares, is that they are always there, regardless of the platform. She compared this to always knowing where your measuring cups are in your kitchen.
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Chef Tiffanie Zaugg: Banana Cream Pie and AI

By Jenee Vickers Johnson | May 5, 2023
Tara Mason is an assistant professor of inclusive education at Western Colorado University. She uses a strengths-based student learning framework to investigate Universal Design for Learning (UDL), technology, and accessibility. She kicked off CIDDL Cizzles Season 3 with her family gumbo recipe! She discussed proactive teaching, UDL, and progress monitoring in this week’s Cizzle.
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Chef Tara Mason: Gumbo and UDL & AT as an Approach to Assessing Learning Needs

By info@ciddl.org | April 5, 2023
Tara Mason is an assistant professor of inclusive education at Western Colorado University. She uses a strengths-based student learning framework to investigate Universal Design for Learning (UDL), technology, and accessibility. She kicked off CIDDL Cizzles Season 3 with her family gumbo recipe! She discussed proactive teaching, UDL, and progress monitoring in this week’s Cizzle.
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