Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Universal Design for Learning

(UDL)

LegislationNon-Profit Research

Architecture and Product

Development

Neuroscience

Chickering & Gamson

ORIGINS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN

Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 established the first statutory definition for universal design for learning.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) means a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice that — (A) provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways students are engaged; and (B) reduces barriers in instruction, provides appropriate accommodations, supports, and challenges, and maintains high achievement expectations for all students, including students with disabilities and students who are limited English proficient. [HEOA, P.L. 110-315, §103(a)(24)].

CHARACTERISTICS of UDL

Multiple Means of

Representation

Multiple Means of

Engagement

Multiple Means of

Expression

Provides learners with various means for

acquiring information and knowledge using

their Recognition Networks

(identifying and interpreting sounds,

light, letters, formulas, maps, ideas, cause/effect

relationships, etc.)

Provides learners with alternatives for demonstrating what

they know using their

Strategic Networks (planning,

executing, and acting skillfully to complete projects, take exams, take notes, listen to lectures etc.)

Addresses how learners engage, stay motivated,

become interested or excited, or are challenged, using

their Affective Networks

(influencing motivation to learn,

developing preferences, establishing

priorities and interests, etc.)

The Nine Principles of Universal Design for Learning

Center for Applied Special Technology[CAST] http://www.cast.org/

Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/

National Center on Universal Design for Learning (National UDL Center) (http://www.udlcenter.org)

DO-IT at the University of Washington http://www.washington.edu/doit/

University of Connecticut Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (http://www.udi.uconn.edu/index.php?q=content/universal-design-instruction-module&quicktabs_6=8#quicktabs-6)

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