Schedule

Day One: Tuesday, July 19

Time Topic
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Registration and coffee
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Introductions, overview of workshop, purpose and scope
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Introduction to neural networks and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Reception and Dinner at Harvard Faculty Club

Day Two: Wednesday, July 20

Time

Topic

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Introduction to new media and education

9:45 am - 10:30 am

The neuroscience of emotion and motivation

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 11:15 am

Understanding variability in emotion and motivation

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Guidelines for meeting the challenge of variability: Multiple means of engagement

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Models and demonstration of UDL in action: Designing for engagement

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Workshop one: Creating an engaging instructional design

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

The neuroscience of recognition and understanding

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm

Understanding variability in perception and cognition

3:45 _pm - 4:00 pm

Review and preparations for Day Three

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Study time and group projects

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner at Grafton Street in Harvard Square.

Day Three: Thursday, July 21

Time

Topic

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Guidelines for meeting the challenge of variability: Multiple means of representation

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Models and demonstration of UDL in action: Designing for understanding

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Workshop two: Creating information that everyone can use

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Working Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The neuroscience of action, skills, and executive function

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Understanding the variability in movement, skills, and strategies

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Guidelines for meeting the challenge of variability: Multiple means of expression

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Models and demonstration of UDL in action: Designing for expression

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Review and preparations for Day Four

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Study time and group projects

Evening

Dinner on your own

Day Four: Friday, July 22

Time

Topic

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Workshop three: creating assessments that are accurate for everyone

9:45 am - 10:45 am

Putting it all together: Review and consolidation

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Making a UDL curriculum: Goals, methods, materials, and assessment

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Working Lunch: Reaching the right goal: Expert learners for the 21st century

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Wrap-Up