UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL -DUA)

 

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to teaching aimed at meeting the needs of every student in a classroom. It can be helpful for all kids, including kids with learning and attention issues. But UDL takes careful planning by teachers. Here are just a few examples of how UDL can work in a classroom.

CAST developed UDL guidelines that are based on three main principles that align with these learning networks. The three UDL principles are engagement, representation, and action and expression.

Why is UDL important? As educators we are often challenged to design and deliver curriculum for an increasingly diverse student population. ... UDL provides us with a variety of strategies and resources to help meet diverse learning needs, improve accessibility to learning opportunities, and increase student success.

What are UDL-aligned strategies? UDL-aligned strategies are instructional methods and tools used by teachers to ensure that ALL students have an equal opportunity to learn. ... These guidelines help you to select strategies that remove barriers in instruction so that all students can achieve their learning goals.

These networks, the Recognition Networks, the Strategic Networks, and the Affective Networks, inform the three Principles of UDL: Multiple Means of Engagement, Multiple Means of Representation, and Multiple Means of Action and Expression.

 

The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.