A framework to improve and optimize teaching and
learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. an educational framework based on research in the
learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible
learning environments that can accommodate individual
learning differences. Recognizing that the way individuals learn can be unique, the
UDL framework, first defined by David H. Rose of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Center
for Applied Special Technology(CAST) in the 1990s, calls
for creating curriculum from the outset that provides: (a) Multiple means of representation to give learners various ways of acquiring in
formation and knowledge; (b) Multiple means of expression to provide learners alternatives
for demonstrating what they know; and (c) Multiple means of engagement to tap into learners' interests, challenge them appropriately, and motivate them to learn.
Learn more in:
Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Framework to Design Support Systems for Education and Special Education: Learning About Thought Systems