CHAPTER 4WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

UDL ORIGINS• Ron Mace NC State• UD: Address mobility

and communications needs of persons with disabilities

• Build flexibility in to architectural design

• 2 key supports:• Flexibility in curriculum• Improved access to

information and learning

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UDL FRAMEWORK 1

• To support recognition learning, provide multiple flexible methods of presentation.

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• To support strategic learning, provide multiple, flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship

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• To support effective learning, provide multiple flexible options for engagement.

• No two students show the same patterns of strength, weakness, and preference

• Minimize barriers

• Maximize learning through flexibility

• The three principles share 1 common recommendation: to provide students with a wider variety of options.

UDL IMPLEMENTATIONUDL provides guidelines for creating flexibility that is both systematic and

effective.

Implementation (cont.)The role of Applied Neuroscience Neural network functions help us understand ways

to individualize instruction for different learners.The role of Digital Media The qualities of digital media most germane to

education are their versatility, transformability, capacity for being marked and capacity to be networked.

The role of Assistive TechnologyThe assistive technology model assumes that a

printed curriculum is a given and provides tools to support individual access to it.

UDL APPLICATION: RETHINKING OUR PRACTICE

Setting Clear Goals

Individualizing Instruction

Assessing Progress

UDLVALUE

• EMPOWERS TEACHERS TO TEACH EVERY STUDENT, NOT JUST SOME.

• Uses digital media and its capacity to be transformed and networked

• Enables teachers to adjust instruction for the whole class, and not just for individual students.