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UDL GuidelinesJanuary 8, 2014

UDL Connect:http://community.udlcenter.org

For Online Resources & Discussionshttp://community.udlcenter.org/group/udl-amherst-public-schools

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Goal for today

• To build background about UDL Principle 1: Multiple Means of Representation

– Explain how Principle 1 helps educators address variability in learners’ recognition networks

– Understand how Principle 1 can be used as a lens for evaluating curricula for barriers and elements of UDL

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Review: What is UDL?

UDL is a framework for designing learning experiences from the beginning to reach all learners:

•Variability is the rule•Context matters

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Review: UDL Supports the development of Expert learners

• Resourceful, knowledgeable • Strategic, goal directed• Purposeful, motivated

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Review: Learning Brain & UDL Guidelines

• Recognition: the “what” of learning– Multiple means of representation

• Strategic Network: the “how”– Multiple means of action and expression

• Affective Network: the “why” – Multiple means of engagement

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

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3 Principles, 9 Guidelines with checkpoints

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

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Emphasizes the importance of removing

unnecessary barriers

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3 Principles, 9 Guidelines with checkpoints

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

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Emphasizes the importance of removing

unnecessary barriers

Highlights strategies for building expertise

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3 Principles, 9 Guidelines with checkpoints

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

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Emphasizes the importance of removing

unnecessary barriers

Highlights strategies for building expertise

Emphasizes the learning expertise towards achieving the goal

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3 Principles, 9 Guidelines with checkpoints

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

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Emphasizes the importance of removing

unnecessary barriers

Highlights strategies for building expertise

Emphasizes the learning expertise towards achieving the goal

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3 Principles, 9 Guidelines with checkpoints

As we discuss the UDL Guidelines, you may want to identify one lesson/learning experience from your practice that you will

analyze.

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Flexibility using UDL Guidelines

• Do not have to use them all

• Often using one guideline supports another

• Designing learning experiences using the Guidelines may take longer at first, but they work well to support learner variability

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Multiple Means of Representation

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Identify & interpret patterns of sound, light, taste, smell, and touch

Recognition Network: “what of learning”

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Variability in perception

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Considerations for Design

Variability in language, mathematical expressions, and symbols

Variability in comprehension

Activate your recognition network: perceptual illusions:

http://michaelbach.de/ot/

Take 5 minutes and find one optical illusion to explore

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Activate your recognition network: perceptual illusions:

http://michaelbach.de/ot/

When you were doing the illusion activity(s), think about how your recognition networks were processing the information. How do you think it might have differed from the other participants in this session?

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Guideline 1: Options for presenting informationSummary:• Customize display• Alternatives for auditory &

visual information

To learn more, explore 1 or 21. http

://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1

2. https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/home/provide-multiple-means-of-representation/provide-options-for-perception

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Guideline 1: Options for presenting information

Reflect: • How you already do this in your

practice? • What impact could representing

information in multiple ways have on students’ understanding? On their engagement with the subject?

To learn more, explore 1 or 21. http

://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1

2. https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/home/provide-multiple-means-of-representation/provide-options-for-perception

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Guideline 2: Options for language & symbolsSummary:• Vocabulary, symbols• Cross-language supports• Multi-media

To learn more, explore 1 or 21. http

://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1

2. https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/home/provide-multiple-means-of-representation/provide-options-for-language-mathematical-expressions-and-symbols

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Guideline 2: Options for language & symbolsTo learn more, explore 1 or 21. http

://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1

2. https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/home/provide-multiple-means-of-representation/provide-options-for-language-mathematical-expressions-and-symbols Reflect:

• How does understanding the variability in recognition networks help educators in designing curriculum to meet the needs of all learners?

Support vocabulary

• Plasticity– To change from experience– Like plastic, flexible and can bend– The brain shows plasticity when you use it: it

actually gets bigger!– Latin: Moveable, changeable

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Options for comprehensionSummary:• Background knowledge• Highlight patterns• Maximize transfer

To learn more, explore 1 or 21. http

://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1

2. https://sites.google.com/site/udlguidelinesexamples/home/provide-multiple-means-of-representation/provide-options-for-comprehension

Importance of background information

• Antiques Roadshow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90KcJDuhSQ

Educator Worksheet: use to reflect about a lesson:

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Reflect: Building Learning Experiences with a focus on Principle 1

• What Options for Perception do you already incorporate in your lesson design?

• What new ideas do you have based on what you learned today?

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Learning more about Principle 1

Learn more• Read Chapter 4 in the online book:

UDL – theory and practice, Multiple Means of Representationhttp://udltheorypractice.cast.org/reading?26&loc=chapter3.xml_l16

Session Activity• Choose a learning experience (such as, a lesson or a meeting), define

goals, identify barriers, and design/re-design the experience that increases opportunities for all learners with a focus on Principle 1.

Coming next week: Multiple Means of Action & Expression