Universal Design for Universal Design for Learning Learning

Universal Design for Universal Design for Learning Learning

Michael O’ConnorEDTC600

Michael O’ConnorEDTC600

UDL Guidelines UDL Guidelines

The goal of education in the 21st century is not simply the mastery of content knowledge or use of new technologies. It is the mastery of the learning process.

Education should help turn novice learners into expert learners—individuals who want to learn, who know how to learn strategically, and who, in their own highly individual and flexible ways, are well prepared for a lifetime of learning.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps educators meet this goal by providing a framework for understanding how to create curricula that meets the needs of all learners from the start.

The goal of education in the 21st century is not simply the mastery of content knowledge or use of new technologies. It is the mastery of the learning process.

Education should help turn novice learners into expert learners—individuals who want to learn, who know how to learn strategically, and who, in their own highly individual and flexible ways, are well prepared for a lifetime of learning.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps educators meet this goal by providing a framework for understanding how to create curricula that meets the needs of all learners from the start.

(Cast 2012)(Cast 2012)

UDL Guidelines UDL Guidelines

The UDL Guidelines are organized according to the three

main principles of UDL that address representation,

expression, and engagement.

The UDL Guidelines are organized according to the three

main principles of UDL that address representation,

expression, and engagement.

(Cast 2012)(Cast 2012)

Principle I.Provide Multiple Means of RepresentationPrinciple I.Provide Multiple Means of Representation

Provide options for perception

Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols

Provide options for comprehension

Provide options for perception

Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols

Provide options for comprehension

Effective Color ContrastFlexibility of color and contrast is a great example of customizing the display of information so that it is accessible to a broader range of users

Effective Color ContrastFlexibility of color and contrast is a great example of customizing the display of information so that it is accessible to a broader range of users

Voki is a creative and versatile text-to-speech option and serves as another great example of providing options for decoding.Voki is a creative and versatile text-to-speech option and serves as another great example of providing options for decoding.

Digging for Answers provides a great example of an activity that encourages the acquisition of new knowledge by supplying access to appropriate background knowledgeDigging for Answers provides a great example of an activity that encourages the acquisition of new knowledge by supplying access to appropriate background knowledge

(Cast2012)(Cast2012)

Principle II.Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Principle II.Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Provide options for physical action

Provide options for expression and communication

Provide options for executive functions

Provide options for physical action

Provide options for expression and communication

Provide options for executive functions

Camera Mouse provides options in the means of navigation by allowing students to control the mouse pointer with their heads instead of their hands.Camera Mouse provides options in the means of navigation by allowing students to control the mouse pointer with their heads instead of their hands.

Kerproof Teacher's Page allows students to choose from several forms of media in order to communicate their ideas.Kerproof Teacher's Page allows students to choose from several forms of media in order to communicate their ideas.

The amount of information available online is overwhelming .Zoho Notebook ability to aggregate useful information into one document is an effective way to manage information and resources.

The amount of information available online is overwhelming .Zoho Notebook ability to aggregate useful information into one document is an effective way to manage information and resources.

(Cast 2012)(Cast 2012)

Principle III. Provide Multiple Means of EngagementPrinciple III. Provide Multiple Means of Engagement

Provide options for recruiting interest

Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence

Provide options for self-regulation

Provide options for recruiting interest

Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence

Provide options for self-regulation

Book Adventure allows students to choose from thousands of book titles. This provision of choice is a great way to recruit students' interest.Book Adventure allows students to choose from thousands of book titles. This provision of choice is a great way to recruit students' interest.

RubiStar Creating rubrics for students to make the criteria and expectations of the assignment explicit is an effective way to heighten the salience of goals and objectives.RubiStar Creating rubrics for students to make the criteria and expectations of the assignment explicit is an effective way to heighten the salience of goals and objectives.

These organizational Goal Setting Worksheets are great examples of strategies that guide students' personal goal-setting.These organizational Goal Setting Worksheets are great examples of strategies that guide students' personal goal-setting.

Universal Design for Learning And TechnologyUniversal Design for Learning And Technology

Technology makes it easier and more effective to customize curriculum for

learners.

Learning and demonstrating effective uses of technology is itself an important

instructional outcome.

The goal of UDL is to create environments in which everyone will have the

opportunity to become expert learners, and the means to get there, be it tech or

non-tech, should be flexible.

Technology makes it easier and more effective to customize curriculum for

learners.

Learning and demonstrating effective uses of technology is itself an important

instructional outcome.

The goal of UDL is to create environments in which everyone will have the

opportunity to become expert learners, and the means to get there, be it tech or

non-tech, should be flexible.

(Cast 2012)(Cast 2012)

UDL Tools for students and the classroom UDL Tools for students and the classroom

http://learninglab.org/

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

http://www.starfall.com/

http://learninglab.org/

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

http://www.starfall.com/

Life skill videos with interaction quizzes, teacher guides and student activity page

Life skill videos with interaction quizzes, teacher guides and student activity page

Take virtual adventures of neighborhood,city,state,country...Take virtual adventures of neighborhood,city,state,country...

Features activities and games that build decoding skills such as the pairing of sounds with letters and letter combinations.

Features activities and games that build decoding skills such as the pairing of sounds with letters and letter combinations.

BibliographyBibliography

Cast (2012). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.0. Wakefield, MA: Retrieved fromhttp://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

 Cast (2012). Cast UDL and technology. Retrieved from http://www.udlcenter .org/aboutudl/udltechnology

Cast (2011). Cast UDL Lesson Builder. Retrieved from http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/

Cast (2011). Cast UDL Exploring Language. Retrieved from http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/elsel/html/index.html

D. H. Rose, E. D.Jenna W. Gravel, Ed. M., and Y. M. Domings, Ed. M. (2010) UDL unplugged  the role of technology in UD

Edyburn, Dave L. (2010). Would you recognize universal design for learning if you saw it? Ten propositions for new directions for the second decade of UDL, Learning Disability Quarterly, 33, 1, 33-41.

 Gordon, D.T., Gravel, J.W., & Schifter, L.A. (2009). A policy reader in universal design for learning (pp. 209-218). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Cast (2012). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.0. Wakefield, MA: Retrieved fromhttp://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

 Cast (2012). Cast UDL and technology. Retrieved from http://www.udlcenter .org/aboutudl/udltechnology

Cast (2011). Cast UDL Lesson Builder. Retrieved from http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/

Cast (2011). Cast UDL Exploring Language. Retrieved from http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/elsel/html/index.html

D. H. Rose, E. D.Jenna W. Gravel, Ed. M., and Y. M. Domings, Ed. M. (2010) UDL unplugged  the role of technology in UD

Edyburn, Dave L. (2010). Would you recognize universal design for learning if you saw it? Ten propositions for new directions for the second decade of UDL, Learning Disability Quarterly, 33, 1, 33-41.

 Gordon, D.T., Gravel, J.W., & Schifter, L.A. (2009). A policy reader in universal design for learning (pp. 209-218). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

BibliographyBibliography

Proctor, C. P., Dalton, B., & Grisham, D. L. (2007). Scaffolding english language

learners and struggling readers in a universal literacy environment with

embedded strategy instruction and vocabulary support. Journal of Literacy

Research, 39(1), 71-93. doi:10.1080/10862960709336758

Hunt, Jessica H.; Andreasen, Janet B. (2011). Making the Most of Universal Design

for Learning, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 17, 3, 166-172.

Proctor, C. P., Dalton, B., & Grisham, D. L. (2007). Scaffolding english language

learners and struggling readers in a universal literacy environment with

embedded strategy instruction and vocabulary support. Journal of Literacy

Research, 39(1), 71-93. doi:10.1080/10862960709336758

Hunt, Jessica H.; Andreasen, Janet B. (2011). Making the Most of Universal Design

for Learning, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 17, 3, 166-172.