Range of Use for Educational Technologies: Why It Matters to Teacher Education Author: Ling Zhang; Samantha Goldman Are you aligning technology use and learning goals in your classrooms? Are you thinking critically about what tools students are gaining familiarity with…
Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning: Past Lessons and Future Opportunities
Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning: Past Lessons and Future Opportunities Guest Expert: Dr. Dave Edyburn About Dr. Edyburn The guest expert of this CIDDL Research and Practice Brief is Dr. Dave Edyburn. Dr. Edyburn is is Senior Research…
Offering FAPE in Online Settings: Implications for Teacher Education
Offering Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in Online Settings: Implications for Teacher Education Author: Samantha Goldman At the December Affinity Group “Evolving Roles and Experiences in Virtual Classroom: Implications for Teacher Preparation”, we explored how higher education faculty members…
Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities in Online Classrooms
Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities in Online Classrooms Author: Samantha Goldman; Sean Smith There are many advantages to learning in the online classroom. In the November CIDDL/CEEDAR Affinity Group – Preparing Teacher Candidates for Online/ Hybrid Instruction, participants…
Shift from Generational Teaching to UDL Design in Teacher Preparation
Shift from Generational Teaching to Universal Design for Learning Design in Teacher Preparation Author: Michelle Patterson In one of our most recent Research to Practice Briefs, we had a conversation with Dr. Eric Moore who shared ways that higher education…
A Day in the Life of An Elementary Online Teacher
A Day in the Life of An Elementary Online Teacher Author: Sean Smith; Samantha Goldman It’s not news that teaching in the K-12 online/hybrid classroom requires a different skill set. The pandemic has taught us much that teaching online requires…
Cluckin’ About Virtual Reality and Social Skills
Cluckin’ About Virtual Reality and Social Skills CIDDL Cizzles with Chef Sean Smith Author: Samantha Goldman Dr. Sean Smith, Professor in special education at the University of Kansas (KU), and his son Nolan, a freshman at KU, “cluck” about using…
Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Hybrid/Online Learning
Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Hybrid/Online Learning Author: Sean Smith; Samantha Goldman The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for PK-12 educators to develop skills for using technology to support students with and without disabilities due to the ever-changing learning environments.…
Connect Beliefs: UDL and Inclusive Early Childhood Education
Connect Beliefs: Universal Design for Learning and Early Childhood Education Author: Tahnee Wilder Preparing qualified future early childhood educators includes planning for variability in the support needs of young children and their families. The framework of Universal Design for Learning…
Preparing Preservice Teachers To Be UDL Designers
Preparing Preservice Teachers To Be UDL Designers Guest Expert: Dr. Eric Moore About Dr. Moore The guest expert of this CIDDL Research and Practice Brief is Dr. Eric Moore. Dr. Moore is the Director of Learning Technology at the Kennedy…










