Categories
Accessibility All Articles Digital Learning Learning Design Spotlight Post Teaching and Learning

Learning Design Principles: Spotlight on Universal Design for Learning

How can we create a learning environment that challenges and engages everyone?  In this blog post, we’re going to take a closer look at the learning design principle of Universal Design for Learning, consider how this might help us in the areas of inclusivity and accessibility, and reflect on possible take-aways that we could implement in […]

Categories
All Articles Digital Learning Learning Design Lecture Capture Spotlight Post

Educational Videos: Recap and Overview

Video content is a vital tool for learners and part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The UDL framework, first defined by David H. Rose, Ed.D. of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) in the 1990s, calls for creating a curriculum from the outset that provides: Research done by […]

Categories
Accessibility Digital Learning Learning Design Moodle Templates Writing for online

How to write user friendly content for online platforms

It is important to target your audience when writing within an online environment. By knowing whom you are writing for, you can write at a level that will be meaningful for them.  Students will visit your content with a task in mind, you need to write and structure your writing in a way that will […]

Categories
All Articles Digital Learning Learning Design Summaries

Online Learning and Copyright

On January 29th, 2021 Chris Morrison and Dr. Jane Secker ran a Copyright workshop for members of UAL. Dr Jane Secker & Chris Morrison are two of the leading experts in digital copyright and it’s application to teaching and learning in Higher Education. Chris Morisson is the copyright, licencsing and Policy Manager at the University […]