Welcome to CIDDL

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.

CIDDL Hot Takes

CIDDL Has An Exciting Announcement!

First, if you’ve not had a chance please check out the new Research and Practice Brief with Dr. Chris Dede at Harvard. It’s a great conversation.

Second, CIDDL has received a supplement to support 10 institutions of higher education by supporting integrating technology and innovative practices in their personal preparation programs. Check out our website for more information on this great opportunity.

To keep the conversation going, don’t forget to check out our interactive CIDDL Community.

 

Artificial Intelligence Blog Series

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

Introducing Simulations into Teacher Preparation Programs

By Michelle Patterson | March 17, 2022

AI Episode 3: Implications for Thought Leaders and Policy Developers

By info@ciddl.org | April 19, 2021

AI Episode 2: What Does An AI Teaching Assistant Look Like?

By info@ciddl.org | April 15, 2021

AI Episode 1: Intro to Artificial Intelligence in Teaching

By info@ciddl.org | March 6, 2021
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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.

A laptop and various symbols representing ideas of using instructional and assessment technology in the clasroom
Two students work together on a desktop computer and tablet.

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

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

By Samantha Goldman | May 16, 2023
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This brief highlights the need to unlearn what we’ve done in the past and to adapt to the hybrid world of today (Dede, 2022). Dr. Dede calls for more research around personalized learning (Bondie et al., 2023), artificial intelligence to support learning (Dieterle et al., 2022), and simulated learning (Bondie & Dede, 2020) to better design learning for all students.

CIDDList: 5 AIs You Need to Check Out This Summer!

By Samantha Goldman | May 15, 2023
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CIDDL, and, let’s face it, the world as a whole, has been fascinated with the launch of AI and how it is and will impact our lives. We have talked a lot about the impact of ChatGPT, how it can be used to support literacy, math, and even solve word problems. In a recent CIZZL, our chef Tiffanie Zaugg used it to generate her recipe. But, did you know that there are literally thousands of AIs that have been developed with specific roles and areas of expertise?

CIDDList: 10 Podcasts You Should Listen to This Summer

By Samantha Goldman | May 10, 2023
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It’s hard to believe that the spring semester is almost over. Whether you are teaching classes this summer, taking an exotic vacation (check out our must-haves for packing), or stay-cationing from your couch, summer is this elusive time where you tell yourself you are going to do all the things that you didn’t during the academic year. One of those, for me at least, is catching up on the trending topics in education.

Supporting Study Abroad for Students with Disabilities 

By Nick Hoekstra | May 3, 2023
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Despite this encouraging trend, students with disabilities find themselves under-represented among globe-trotting academics. In 2017-2018,, only 9.2% of study abroad students were students with disabilities, despite the fact that students with disabilities represent approximately 19% of students on college campuses.
There is no reason this should be the case. The author of this blog – himself a person with a disability – found studying abroad to be challenging, but ultimately a life-changing experience. In this blog, we will explore how factors like technology and a commitment to accessibility can facilitate study abroad for students with disabilities.

The CIDDL Community: We Need You

By Samantha Goldman | April 27, 2023
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CIDDL is the Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning and our mission is to improve faculty’s capacity to use educational technology in personnel preparation programs. Part of our role is to teach about new and emerging technologies as they relate to students with disabilities, teachers and related service providers, higher education faculty, and other leaders in education. We do this through blog posts (like this one), webinars, research and practice briefs, and CIZZLEs.

Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning

By Samantha Goldman | April 24, 2023
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Teachers, principals, and school districts have been battling cell phones and other mobile technologies (remember pagers?) in the classroom for nearly two decades. Reasons cited as to why these devices should be banned from the classroom include cheating, bullying, and illegal/ illicit activities. But, in the digital age, where students entering the workforce are expected to have an understanding of not only basic technology, but how to leverage it to maximize productivity and creativity, shouldn’t those in education be looking for ways to leverage mobile devices to support student learning? In this blog post, we will explore the ways in which recent literature proposes mobile devices can be used in K-12 classrooms and make suggestions as to how these can transfer to higher education.

The Question of Equity in the Age of ChatGPT

By Samantha Goldman | April 17, 2023
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CIDDL has been discussing all things related to ChatGPT and AI lately. In a previous blog, we explored equity, diversity, and access issues related to integrating this technology into the classroom. Challenges raised included access to devices, non-bias AI, AI that empowers all students rather than perpetuate stereotypes and should reduce disparities between students. With recent updates to ChatGPT and the added premium features, the issues related to AI and equity are becoming very apparent.

Playing Around with Technology: Part II 

By Nick Hoekstra | April 10, 2023
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In a previous post, we discussed the importance of play for children with disabilities and how technology can facilitate play. Teachers employed technology in the classroom to encourage social interactions between students with and without disabilities. Students, when given opportunities, took existing technology and used it in innovative ways. Finally, parents spoke about how technology provided alternative forms of communication or even allowed them to watch how their children played.

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

By info@ciddl.org | March 28, 2023
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Making reading content accessible to all learners in the classroom is critical. But how can educators provide access to grade-level content for learners needing reading and comprehension support? ChatGPT, Rewordify, and Textcompactor can be used to support tiered reading in the classroom.

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
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Looking specifically at the impact of AI on six areas of education, the guidance includes specific competencies and indicators to guide ethical AI use in schools in Europe.

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

Six mini quiches on a kitchen counter.

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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A bowl of gumbo.

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.
Read More
Close up of a globe.

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.

Close up of a globe.
Wooden balls in front of a keyboard display icons for a phone, envelope, @, and cell phone.

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!

Wooden balls in front of a keyboard display icons for a phone, envelope, @, and cell phone.
A laptop and various symbols representing ideas of using instructional and assessment technology in the clasroom

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.

A laptop and various symbols representing ideas of using instructional and assessment technology in the clasroom
Two students work together on a desktop computer and tablet.

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

Two students work together on a desktop computer and tablet.