Bridging Learning Gaps: Trischa Duke Presents UDL Scaffolding at TeachX

UIC Business instructional specialist shares innovative, accessibility-focused teaching strategies at Northwestern’s TeachX conference—and prepares for global impact in Glasgow.

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Trischa Duke, an Instructional Development Specialist for the UIC College of Business Administration’s online programs, presented a virtual workshop entitled “Mind the Gap: A UDL-Informed Scaffolding Design Workshop” at this year’s TeachX conference, hosted by Northwestern University. TeachX showcases innovative teaching and learning applications with a strong focus on technology, Universal Design for Learning, and digital accessibility. In this interactive workshop, participants analyzed the complexity of their learning tasks through a UDL lens, designed three-phase scaffolding sequences with built-in flexibility to improve learning, and received peer feedback on a scaffold to implement in their teaching immediately. Duke will deliver this workshop in person at the Improving University Teaching conference in July in Glasgow, UK.