Connected Learning InitiativeThe Simmons Connected Learning Initiative is focused on research-based technology integration for Teacher Education broadly, and specifically on effective applications of blended/hybrid and personalized learning. This includes in-class technology integration and online learning, as well as synchronous classroom video observations to support teacher development.
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Interactive Exercises & ImagesWe are using Adobe Captivate to integrate content and build customized interactive exercises to help students check their understanding.
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Our students also learn about...
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Personalized Blended Learning PathsBlendspace is an example of a platform for creating multimedia lessons that students can access online. Teachers can organize videos, text, links, images, and quizzes into cubes, then organize them to create lesson paths for your students to complete independently. Students can move through the content in a linear path, responding to prompts in a sidebar comment area or taking quizzes along the way.
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Collaboration
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Multi-Literacy Instruction |
Universal Design for Learning |
The increased use of technology in schools has created new possibilities for teachers to develop integrated multi-literacy lessons. Literacy embraces multiple technological forms because the consumption, production, evaluation and distribution of content has changed the way we interact with media, as well as the nature of the content itself.
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Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Watch the video below to get an overview of UDL.
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