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Topic 1: The Learning Sciences

The Learning Sciences are considered an interdisciplinary perspective which provide research and evidence-based results about how we learn. Contributions from various fields include but are not limited to anthropology, educational psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, biology, child development, and linguistics. The focus of research in the Learning Sciences is learning: how do people learn, what resources and supports enable learning, and how do features of settings and contexts interact with the learning process?

Topic Learner Outcomes:

  1. Explain how the learning sciences perspective informs UDL.
  2. Apply solutions from the learning sciences perspective to the design and delivery of your courses and instructional materials.
  3. Examine specific research in the learning sciences that reduces barriers in the learning process.

Topic Instructional Materials:

  • eBook Reading: Ch. 4 Universal Design for Learning
    • Introduction
    • Individualized Routes to the Destination
  • Learning Styles Don't Exist Video
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Topic Specific Activities:

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