If you haven't already familiarized yourself with the concept of "Universal Design for Learning" (UDL), the ACCESS project at CSU has created a 13-minute video that outlines the elements of this program. The video is online here.

In a nutshell, UDL is a concept that emphasizes the importance of providing multiple means of:

- Presentation, to offer learners various ways of acquiring information and knowledge,

- Expression, to provide students with alternatives for demonstrating what they know, and

- Engagement, to tap into students' interests, challenge them appropriately, and motivate them to learn.

The video highlights a number of ways that you can incorporate UDL into your teaching - for example, changing a web site, or using iClickers to make learning more dynamic and interactive.

(Thanks to Cathy Cranston for this tip!)

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The first tip of this spring semester deals with the information literacy of the so-called "Google Generation." A new report from the British Library and England's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) indicates that kids born since 1993 aren't quite as adept online as they are often portrayed to be. The report explores a number of myths related to these students (myth #1: students are expert searchers), and provides some interesting findings (this generation prefers visual information over text, and is constantly multi-tasking).

The full post, including a link to the original report, is available here.

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