Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework or way of approaching teaching and learning that focuses on providing diverse opportunities for learning to all students, removing barriers, honoring students’ strengths and unique learning styles, and meeting their needs equally. Approaching teaching and learning in this way benefits all students, not …
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Apr 16 2015
SIP 1.12: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Given the tremendous diversity of students at MSU Denver, using only in-class, written tests to assess all students doesn’t allow us to truly measure what students have learned; instead, we sometimes end up simply testing their ability to take exams. Take a SIP of this: Universal Design for Learning …
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Oct 28 2021
SIP 14.10 Eliminate Ableism from Your Teaching
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? If you are like many faculty members at Metropolitan State University of Denver, you take pride in differentiating your instruction for students: taking care to integrate visuals into your lectures, making sure classes involve lecture and activities, being available during office hours and through other mechanisms outside of class …
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Mar 12 2020
SIP 11.8 Designing Group Work with Universal Design for Learning
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? There are many great arguments for using group work in your classes, either as an instructional strategy in class or as a component of formal graded assignments. In her book Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn: Engaging Students in the Classroom and Online, Janet Salmons reviews the research …
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Oct 31 2019
SIP 10.11 Supporting Learning in Students with Autism: Strategies that Benefit all Students
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? We acknowledge that some individuals prefer being addressed as “autistic”, and others prefer “person with autism”. In this article, we use person-first language and not identify-first language. Aaron is a bright 28-year-old with a diagnosis of autism. He wants to be a physicist. He always aces his math and …
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Oct 10 2019
SIP 10.8 Compassion on Campus
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Last week, the SIPsquad dished on the stress and anxiety surrounding working in “crisis mode.” As a follow-up this week, we would like to consider how to embed compassion into our practice as faculty and staff. Being aware of the distress students and faculty are experiencing and wanting to …
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Feb 22 2019
SIP 8.14 Graphic Syllabus
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Traditionally syllabi have been brief outlines that listed the scope and sequence of course topics, readings and assignments. Today however, the syllabus has become a quasi-legal contract between a course instructor and the students exacting in grueling detail the rules, regulations, and expectations for class – from policies on laptop …
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Feb 22 2019
SIP 8.8 Fostering Success among Students Involved with the Criminal Justice System
Fostering Success among Students Involved with the Criminal Justice System Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Education is the underpinning of an enlightened, democratic society. An effective criminal justice system is equally important in terms of maintaining a safe and equitable society. In a democratic society, people who have been incarcerated or who are …
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Feb 22 2019
SIP 8.10 Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Do you get a little extra animated when talking about new discoveries in your discipline? When the latest issue of your favorite journal shows up in your mailbox or inbox, are you excited to read it? When your favorite scholar is recognized for their work, do you …
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Feb 21 2019
SIP 8.2 Explaining the “Why”
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Remember when you were a teenager and your parents asked you to do something, and you asked why, only to be told, “Because I said so!” Remember how INFURIATING that was? Other than the general teenaged angst factor, the reason that this response was maddening was because it was …
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