Category: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
The titles below include specific Universal Design for Learning concepts for your Professional Development. Continue on to the UDL Lessons to see these principles in practice! Go back to the main Articles page for a complete list of articles.
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•Text Readers Make Universal Access to Core Curriculum Possible for U.S. Schools; Timely for Students with Print Disabilities by Valerie Chernek (SETP) November 2009 (pdf)
•Teaching Words as Symbols for Students with Autism
• How Do YOU Define 'Access'?
• Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction: Compatible Approaches
Cast, Inc. A discussion comparing UDL and Differentiated Instruction approaches
Universal Design for Learning Basics (UDL)
Success for All Learners: Principles of Universal Design for Learning
a four-part series by Carol Seibert
Carol defines Universal Design for Learning and describes what it looks like in the classroom. Includes many resources for further study and implementation. To see examples of these principles in practice, go to the Lessons below. Then evaluate and adapt your own lessons to create success for ALL learners!
• Part I: From Dream to Reality using Universal Design for Learning
• Part II: Providing Multiple Means of Representation
• Part III: Providing Multiple Means of Expression
• Part IV: Providing Multiple Means of Engagement
• It's Not REALLY Magic...Differentiating Phonics Instruction the UDL Way
• Learning is Universal: Lessons for All Seasons and Reasons