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Universal Design for Learning

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If you have wanted to build your skills around Universal Design for Learning, this professional development area is for you. You will see several options for free UDL webinars that have been recorded and if there is a free live webinar, you can also make that an option. 
Web Links:
  1. CAST Professional Learning UDL Webinars CAST Professional Learning UDL Webinars
    CAST offers several professional webinars on UDL for the education field.
  2. OCAL UDL Webinars OCAL UDL Webinars
    Large archive of recent webinars and supporting materials. All webinars have indexed entry points to allow you to move to the section of the webinar that is most relevant to your needs.
  3. Step-by-Step: Lesson Planning Using UDL Step-by-Step: Lesson Planning Using UDL
    Great one hour webinar of UDL by Dr. Patti Ralabate, Faculty, The George Washington University. This one hour webinar has a quiz option to gain a UDL certificate.
  4. Universal Design for Learning by EDUCAUSE Universal Design for Learning by EDUCAUSE
    Great 2 hour recorded webinar with PPT and transcript.

A. Universal Design for Learning

In this webcast, Dr. Hartmann presents the three principles of Universal Design for Learning. Universal Design for Learning is a new way of thinking about education and has the potential to reform curriculum and make learning experiences more accessible and meaningful for all students.

A. Universal Design for Learning

CAST Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education Video

UDL principles help ensure basic accessibility and, beyond that, help address barriers that can arise for all learners in their variable interactions with learning environments. This framework is not a checklist. You want to always think about the goal of your instruction or the learning experience,

CAST Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education Video

Universal Design for Learning (Part 1): Definition and Explanation

Universal design for learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. In short, these principles encourage a variety of ways for instructors to engage students, represent course concepts, and allow students to demonstrate what they have learned. This video focuses on how UDL can apply to a college setting, but also provides guiding points for other levels of education.

Universal Design for Learning (Part 1): Definition and Explanation

Universal Design for Learning (Part 2): UDL Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. This video explains three UDL principles promoted by CAST: engagement (how students are motivated to learn), representation (how instructors communicate course concepts), and action and expression (how students demonstrate what they have learned).

Universal Design for Learning (Part 2): UDL Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning (Part 3): Engagement Strategies

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. This video offers strategies for engagement, one of the three UDL principles promoted by CAST. Engagement considers how students are motivated to learn the content by connecting course concepts to their academic, professional and personal lives.

Universal Design for Learning (Part 3): Engagement Strategies

Universal Design for Learning (Part 4): Representation Strategies

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. This video offers strategies for representation, one of the three UDL principles promoted by CAST. Representation considers how instructors communicate course concepts through a variety of class modes and media.

Universal Design for Learning (Part 4): Representation Strategies

Universal Design for Learning (Part 5): Action and Expression Strategies

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. This video offers strategies for action and expression, one of the three UDL principles promoted by CAST. Action and Expression considers how students demonstrate what they have learned through a variety of assessment types and modes.

Universal Design for Learning (Part 5): Action and Expression Strategies

Universal Design for Learning (Part 6): Culturally Diverse Learners

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of learning design principles that increase access and reduce barriers for all types of learners. This video shows how UDL principles serve culturally diverse students, such as international students or English language learners.

Universal Design for Learning (Part 6): Culturally Diverse Learners
Author: SUNY Cortland Manager
Last modified: 4/21/2020 5:08 AM (EST)