So, What is Universal Design for Learning?!?

Cast is a website that has a great definition for what UDL is. 

Universal Design for Learning “provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone – not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs”(http://cast.org/udl/index.html, 2014). 

You may be asking why Universal Design for Learning is necessary.  “Individuals bring a huge variety of skills, needs, and interests to learn” (http://cast.org/udl/index.html, 2014).  Universal Design for Learning can be broken down into three different areas: Representation, Action and Expression, and Engagement.   

(http://setsig.iste.wikispaces.net/Universal+Design+for+Learning, 2014)

 

As educators, it is important to remember to incorporate each of the three areas of Universal Design for Learning into each lesson plan.  

 

The following chart will help you with some basic guidelines for implementing the three areas of Universal Design for Learning:



(http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/udlguidelines_graphicorganizer)