UDL and ATMallory BurtonPaul Hamilton

Bridges to Learning May 2009

The Plan

• What is Universal Design for Learning?

• UDL Features of AT Software

• Break

• UDL Features of Web 2.0 Software

• The BC UDL Project

• Universal

• Design

• Learning

Universal

“Fair doesn’t mean giving every child the same thing. It means giving every child what they need.”

--Rick Lavoie

Design

Learning

Bloom’s Domains• Cognitive• Psychomotor• Affective

Vygotsky’s Networks• Recognition• Strategic• Affective

Brain-Based

Universal Design for Learning

• Recognition Networks multiple means of representation

• Strategic Networksmultiple means of expression

• Affective Networks multiple means of engagement

UDL and Technology

Anita Strang’s Thinking UDL Blog

Multiple Means of Representation in Teaching

Multiple Means of Representation in Teaching goes Digital

Multiple Means of Representation in Materials

Multiple Means of Representation in Materials goes Digital

Multiple Means of Expression

Multiple Means of Expression goes Digital

Multiple Means of Engagement

Multiple Means of Engagement goes Digital

Diverse Learners

• Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles

• ESL

• Cultural Differences

• Special Needs

• Learning Disabilities

• Social and Behavioural Needs

• Gifted

Digital Learners

“Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.”

—Mark Prensky (2001)

UDL and Human Rights

Websites

• http://www.cast.org/

• http://www.setbc.org/

• http://www.setbc.org/setinfo/BCUDL/

• http://www.setbc.org/bcudl/

• http://bcudl.pbwiki.com/

• http://bcudlatbridges.pbwiki.com/