IGNITE your passion for Universal Design for Learning

Jennifer Heim, State Support Team Region 2

What is UDL?

Learning Barriers

 -A set of principles for curriculum development and lesson planning that give all students an equal opportunity to learn. 

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Roots in Architecture

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A blueprint…

Instructional goals

Methods

Instructional

Materials

Assessments

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Average is a myth…

There is no average learner If you design learning for the average learner, you design for no one.

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Universal Design for Learning benefits all kids, not just those with learning and attention issues.

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What am I teaching?

Who am I

teaching?

How will I teach it?

How will I know if the students

understand?

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Flexibility

The goal of UDL is to present information so that all learners can access the information, and to give learners different ways to demonstrate their knowledge.

UDL is based on three main principles:

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Representation

UDL offers information in more than one format.

 

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Action and Expression

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Engagement

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Consider your Christmas list

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Don’t let this happen!

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Is it fair?

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Is it fair?

Fair doesn’t mean giving every child the same thing,

it means giving every child what they need.

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