Online Courses

Earn a certificate in Universal Design for Learning from the The Penn Literacy Network of The Graduate School of Education. In these courses, we’ll share the power and promise of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the Innovator’s Mindset and provide learners with options, choices, and opportunities to reflect, create, connect, and innovate. This certificate program consists of 2 courses, each worth 1.13 Course Units = 4.5 Continuing Education Graduate Credits. Courses are provided in partnership with George Couros and Katie Novak.

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$445 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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$445 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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$445 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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As education has evolved, it has become clear that in addition to academics, it is critical for students to learn 21st-century skills, like collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity to succeed in school and life. Our instruction must go beyond “teaching to the test” to empower students to excel. Universal Design for Learning and Social-Emotional Learning create a powerful partnership in educating our youth. There is a beautiful overlap between these two frameworks and this course explores how they complement each other to engage learners and focus on the whole child. We will explore how to create an environment that fosters social, emotional, behavioral, and academic growth using both UDL and SEL in your learning environment.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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Whether you are a teacher, administrator, museum curator, coach, parent, or you are interested in learning more about how learning and the brain are connected – this course is for you. Learn about learning and the brain, including the central role of emotions for learning. From the theories presented in this course, the goal is for you to develop a new lens that you can apply to your practices and that you take concrete action steps to better design for learning based on what we know about the brain. This course is as much a self-reflection of your own learning as it is an opportunity to think about how you design learning experiences for others.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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We live in a brave new world! COVID-19 has changed everything, and we must respond accordingly.  This course has been designed to help you successfully navigate the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Remote Learning so that each of your students can thrive!

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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Designed for educators (regardless of role) to learn how to bridge the gap between special education and general education practices in order to create more inclusive, rigorous, and individualized learning outcomes for all using SDI best practices with UDL.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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This course was designed to support you in designing effective and accessible online learning environments specifically using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the context of contemporary learning management systems.

For the purpose of this course, we will provide links for “how to’s” for the top 4 LMSs (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Schoology). However, the principles we advocate here are practicable in all modern LMSs.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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Students enrolled in this course will explore the concept of Deeper Learning, why it is needed, what it looks like, and how to do it. The modules are set up to take you through a process of understanding and doing so that, by the end, you are ready to create meaningful Deeper Learning experiences for your students. Course materials will cover both theory and practice, providing the understandings of key concepts and real examples from Deeper Learning classrooms.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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Unpack the why, the what, and the how of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in this self-paced course. Dive into the UDL guidelines, learn how UDL creates more equitable learning environments, and try out tools to start embedding UDL into your practice.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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To ensure our students learn and succeed we must innovate every day. This is even more true now as we are forced to transition to distance learning. Learn to adopt the Innovator’s Mindset through the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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A first of its kind course, gain the tools to equip students (and teachers, too) with the will, skill, and collective capacity to enact positive change. This self-directed course makes the critical link between social justice and UDL and provides a blueprint for educators to alter the all-too-predictable outcomes for our historically under-served students.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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Universally Designed PLCs can help to increase expert teaching and learning. By optimizing expert learning and focusing on eliminating the barriers that prevent all students from learning, groups of educators can foster growth and improvement.

$50 | 15 Continuing Education Hours

(1 continuing education grad credit may be obtained for an additional fee)

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With the swift transition from face-to-face to remote learning, teaching and learning have been disrupted. In order to eliminate barriers that prevent all learners from succeeding, we have to not only foster our own innovator’s mindset, but we have to scale these practices throughout our schools and districts.

$150 | 45 Continuing Education Hours

(3 continuing education grad credits may be obtained for an additional fee)

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