Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone, with Thomas Tobin

Thomas Tobin talks about his book Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education on episode 227 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

Learning styles are not fixed characteristics.
—Thomas Tobin

It’s an iterative practice that allows students to cement things from short-term learning into long-term memory.
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You don’t get a prize for knowing the answer … but you definitely get a prize for being able to apply it.
—Thomas Tobin

We’re lowering the barrier to access but we’re not lowering the rigor of the content itself.
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Resources Mentioned

• Edyburn, D. L. (2010). Would you recognize Universal Design for Learning if you saw it? Ten propositions for new directions for the second decade of UDL. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 33(1), 33-41.
• Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice (2104) – Get it FREE (click “create an account”)
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
• Co-author: Kirsten Behling | Director, Student Accessibility Services | Tufts University
• UDL-IRN –Implementation & Research Network
• Ally: Create multiple versions of content automatically
• Higher Education and UDL
• Purchase Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone (Use code REACHTEACH to save 25%)

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