What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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The practice and framework of proactively and intentionally modifying instruction and assessment to meet the needs of a diverse set of learners. Learn more in: Preparing and Training Higher Education Faculty to Ensure Quality Online Learning and Teaching

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A way of teaching and learning which provides an equal opportunity to all the students to succeed. It also offers flexibility in terms of multiple means of presentation, engagement, and expression. Learn more in: School Readiness Program: An Integral Component of Inclusive Education

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A research-based theoretical framework that has been incorporated into DI planning and instruction. Learn more in: Differentiated Instruction: A Programming Tool for Inclusion

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“A research-based framework for designing curricula—that is, educational goals, methods, materials, and assessments—that enable all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. This is accomplished by simultaneously providing rich supports for learning and reducing barriers to the curriculum, while maintaining high achievement standards for all students” (CAST, 2013, p. 1). Learn more in: Technology and Design for Inclusion: The Impact of Universal Design

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A framework of principles for creating lesson plans and curriculum that meets the needs of all learners. Like universal design in architecture, using UDL principles produces a flexible learning environment that helps everyone through three basic guidelines: providing multiple means of representing the content, providing multiple means for students to express what they learn, and focus on student engagement. Learn more in: Fostering Student Engagement Through Showing Empathy and Caring in an Online College Course: An Action Research Project for COVID-19 and Beyond

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A framework created to assist in improving and optimizing teaching and learning for all students. Learn more in: Student Engagement and Supporting Students With Accommodations

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Designing learning opportunities from the outset so that all learners can access and engage in all learning opportunities and demonstrate learning in multiple ways. Learn more in: Designing and Implementing Inclusive STEM Activities for Early Childhood

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An educational framework based on the principles of Universal Design ( www.cast.org ). UDL guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. Learn more in: Access to Technology for Individuals with Disabilities: Recent Trends and Issues

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Based on research about how humans learn, provides instructors with guidelines that enable them to design curriculum for all learners regardless of their needs. The guidelines are provided in the form of principles, which are based on the idea that meeting the needs of diverse learners requires instructors to provide options for processing information, expressing knowledge, and becoming engaged and motivated to learn. The three principles are 1) Multiple means of representation, the what of learning, 2) Multiple means of action and expression, the how of learning, 3) Multiple means of engagement, the why of learning. Learn more in: Arguing for Proactivity: Talking Points for Owning Accessibility in Online Writing Instruction

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A model that addresses recognition, strategic, and affective cognitive networks in order to increase access to instruction by decreasing barriers to learning. Learn more in: Reconceptualizing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as Learning Technology in Non-Formal Education

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A set of principles for designing interactions with learners to create multiple means for learner engagement, multiple means of representing information, and multiple means for learners to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. UDL increases access for all learners, not just individuals with learning challenges. Learn more in: Improve the Flipped Classroom with Universal Design for Learning

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An educational framework that guides the development of flexible learning environment for all children with disabilities. Learn more in: Disability, Culture, and Technology: Issues, Challenges, and Applications in the Ghanaian Classroom

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A teaching approach that provides opportunities through the use of tools and resources for all students to have equal access to successful understanding in education. Learn more in: Improving Diversity and Equality in STEM Education: Universal Design for Learning and the LEVEL Model

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An instructional approach that considers the range of skills and abilities of all learners to create an inclusive learning environment. Learn more in: Expanding the Terrain of Online Higher Education Through Active Blended Learning

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Derived from the field of architecture and the practice of making buildings universally accessible to users, UDL is an education practice founded on designing learning materials and environments so that all students are able to learn to the greatest extent of their abilities, regardless of disability. Learn more in: Technology, UDL & Literacy Activities for People with Developmental Delays

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UDL is an instructional approach that supports the accommodation of diverse learner needs by addressing three principles for learning. It provides multiple means of: representation, action and expression, and engagement ( Rose & Meyer, 2010 ). Learn more in: Enhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning

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Universal design is an approach to designing course instruction, materials, and content to benefit people of all learning styles without adaptation or retrofitting. Universal design provides equal access to learning, not simply equal access to information, Universal design allows the student to control the method of accessing information while the teacher monitors the learning process and initiates any beneficial methods (Ohio State University, 2004). Learn more in: Web Accessibility Essentials for Online Course Developers

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An educational framework based on the principles of Universal Design ( www.cast.org AU132: The URL www.cast.org has been redirected to https://www.cast.org/. Please verify the URL. ). UDL guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. Learn more in: Assistive Technology Utilization: Trends, Challenges, and Implications for Special Education Teachers

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A scientifically based framework focused on supporting the variability of every learner through proactive and iterative design that integrates multiple means of engagement, representation of information, and action and expression of understanding. Learn more in: Designing STEAM Learning Environments

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UDL is a framework for designing curricula that enable all individuals to access knowledge equally. Learn more in: Universal Design Principles and Technology-Supported Learning in the Digital Era: Assistive Technologies in Inclusive Learning

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A framework of ensuring that diverse learners have access to and receive appropriate education. Learn more in: Applying Universal Design for Learning to Create a Transformational and Accessible Learning Framework for a Technology-Driven International University

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Based off of Universal Design, UDL holds that instruction should be designed so that all learners have an opportunity to interact with the curriculum and demonstrate learning without the need for individual accommodations or modifications. The three principles of UDL are: multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, and multiple means of engagement. Learn more in: Removing the Disability from Distance Education

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An educational framework based on the principles of Universal Design (www.cast.org). UDL guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. Learn more in: Using Assistive Technology to Ensure Access to E-Learning for Individuals with Disabilities

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A framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Learn more in: Online Instructional Practices for Racially Diverse Student Populations in United States Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Best Practices

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A framework of ensuring that diverse learners have access to and receive appropriate education. Learn more in: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines for Mobile Devices and Technology Integration in Teacher Education

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A model that addresses recognition, strategic, and affective cognitive networks in order to increase access to instruction for all students by decreasing barriers to learning. Learn more in: The Role of Course Management Systems (CMS) in Addressing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in College Classrooms

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Approach and principles designed to enhance the learning of all individuals. Learn more in: Instructional Design for Simulations in Special Education Virtual Learning Spaces

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It is a framework that guides teaching and learning and classroom environments considering students’ learning differences. Examples include using different formats to create an assignment, such as podcast, video, or text, to achieve the same goals. Learn more in: Equity Pedagogies for Inclusive Online Classrooms in Higher Education

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The approach to foster educational access and equity by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression. Learn more in: Changing Gears in the Assessment Cycle: Preparing for Gradual yet Substantial Shifts

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Scientifically based approach that uses the flexibility of technology to design educational experiences more responsive to learners’ differences. Universal design for learning strategies help remove barriers that may interfere with regular education or special education learning. The three core principles of UDL are (1) provide multiple means of engagement, (2) provide multiple means of representation, and (3) provide multiple means of action and expression. Learn more in: Personalized Learning

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“A research-based framework for designing curricula—that is, educational goals, methods, materials, and assessments—that enable all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. This is accomplished by simultaneously providing rich supports for learning and reducing barriers to the curriculum, while maintaining high achievement standards for all students” (CAST, 2013, p. 1). Learn more in: Theory and Application: Construction of Multimodal eLearning

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An approach to teaching that gives all students an equal opportunity to succeed. Learn more in: Understanding Inclusive Practices for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through the Individualized Education Plan Process

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A framework for planning instruction that strategically considers students that may have difficulty with the learning process. Learn more in: High Fidelity Co-Teaching Through Collaboration, Varied Co-Teaching Models, and Differentiated Teaching Strategies

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A process of making course concepts accessible and skills attainable regardless of learning style, physical or sensory abilities. The three Key Principles of UDL in course design address multiple methods of: Representation, Engagement, and Expression . In other words, we believe the UDL principles encourage instructors to provide multiple pathways for students to review content, stay engaged, and show what they know. Learn more in: Transforming Digital Literacy with Culturally Diverse, Personalized Learning

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UDL is a framework that seeks to proactively plan for learning opportunities that take into account the diverse needs of students in the classroom. Learn more in: The Year of Teaching Inclusively: Building an Elementary Classroom for All Students

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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 information 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

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Is a curricular design approach that highlights ways in which educators can set learning goals and curriculum plan, assessment, teaching strategies and resources to meet individual learning needs of all diversity of children from scholar group, design learning environments and programs that are accessible to them. UDL is fundamentally about educators valuing diversity from the outset and planning to meet students’ diverse learning and social needs (Crrington et al., 2020). Learn more in: Collaborative Learning Environments for Autistic Children in the Inclusive School

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A learning environment principle that seeks to optimize teaching and course content in a way that works for all learners. Learn more in: COVID-19: An Opportunity for Transformation and Global Growth