Universal Design for Learning - UDL

The goal of UDL is...

• to improve access, participation and achievement by removing barriers to learning.

• to value the diversity of learners.

• to develop expert learners who can achieve regardless of their differences.

• All of the above are goals of UDL.

UDL is designed to meet the needs of...

• students who are at risk.

• English language learners.

• students with disabilities.

• highly gifted students.

• all students.

What are the 3 UDL Principles?

• Action, Expression and Learning

• Understanding, Developing and Learning

• Engagement, Representation and Action & Expression

• Representation, Assessment and Learning Targets

Allowing students to create songs, plays, murals or videos to demonstrate what they have learned from reading a novel is an example of Multiple Means of ___.

• Engagement

• Representation

• Action & Expression

In a unit on rhyme, the teacher allows students to pick their favorite poems or songs to identity rhymes. This is an example of Multiple Means of ___.

• Engagement

• Representation

• Action & Expression

Providing electronic text as well as an audio version of a short story is an example of Multiple Means of ___.

• Engagement

• Representation

• Action & Expression