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Lecturette 2:Lecturette 2:Universal Designs for Universal Designs for
LearningLearning
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Universal DesignUniversal Designss for for Learning (UDL)Learning (UDL)
UDL extends UD to the field of education.
The term UDL was coined by the Center for Accessing Special Technology (CAST) in the 1990s, and defined as a method to minimize barriers that students may experience when learning new concepts.
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Teacher Background, Experience,
& Inclusive Mission StudentStudent
OpportunitiesOpportunities to Learnto Learn
School & Grade Level Organization
Student Access to Rigorous &Challenging
Courses
Culturally Responsive
Instructional Materials
Available & Used
Culturally Responsive, Relevant, &
DiverseCurriculum Culturally
ResponsiveInstructional Strategies
Learner-Informed
Social Contextfor
Learning
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UDL as a LensUDL as a Lens
Universally Designed Universally Designed CurriculumCurriculum
Universally Designed Universally Designed CurriculumCurriculum
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Universally Designed Curriculum
Universally Designed Curriculum
accommodates a variety of ways in which culture influences and is constructed in the learning community, which in turn, impacts:
• The ways in which information is presented• The ways in which students respond or demonstrate
their knowledge• The ways in which students are engaged
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Understand and SetUnderstand and SetOutcomes Broadly Outcomes Broadly (Rose & Meyer,
2002)
OutcomesOutcomes should reflect multiple pathways for producing the desired product or performance with consideration of diverse students’ backgrounds, experiences, skills and abilities.
Every student will create an essay
Every student will be able to write in cursive
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Media, Materials & Media, Materials & MethodsMethods
Media & Materials: Alternate and multiple representations,
print alternatives, use of digital content.
Methods: Presentation of concepts in multiple ways
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AssessmentAssessment in an in an accurate and accurate and ongoing form ongoing form provides teachers provides teachers and learners with and learners with information that information that helps them adjust:helps them adjust:
• InputsInputs
• ProcessesProcesses
• Student PracticeStudent Practice
• FeedbackFeedback
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Student-Centered Learning Environment
Student centered learning environments are central to UDL curriculum.
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Media & Materials: Alternate and multiple representations, print alternatives, use of digital content.Methods: Presentation of concepts in multiple ways that incorporate culturally responsive ways of knowing, interacting, and understanding.
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OutcomesOutcomes should reflect multiple pathways for producing the desired product or performance with consideration of diverse students’ backgrounds, experiences, skills and abilities.
Assessment in an accurate and ongoing form provides teachers and learners with information that helps them adjust: input, processes, student practice, feedback.Student Centered: Focus on students’ interest, backgrounds, and input to inform all of the above elements of UDL curriculum, in addition to the social interactions built into the curriculum.
