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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to teaching and learning that gives all students equal opportunity to succeed. The three main components of UDL are:

Engagement

Representation

Action and Expression

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What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a teaching approach to help all learners be successful. Read about UDL principals and the benefits of UDL for students.

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Learner Variability is a FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE of UDL. Findings from neuroscience indicate that each human brain learns using three primary networks in the brain.

Our affective networks influence our emotions and motivations.

Our recognition networks influence what we perceive and understand through our senses and

Our strategic networks influence how we organise and communicate our thinking.

These networks make unique interconnections influenced by:

the context in which learning happens

our emotional state

our experiences, background knowledge, interests and abilities.

This combination makes learning highly variable.

Some examples of learner variability may include: Boredom/Disengagement, Learning to Speak English, Attention Challenges, or Color, Ethnicity, or Gender making you susceptible to stereotype threat.

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Suggestion for implementing the strategy Find out about UDL within the Guide to Universal Design for Learning

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The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression

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The guidelines of UDL have 3 subcategories within the 3 main principles: Access, Build, and Internalize. Under Action and Expression, which is the HOW of learning, there are three things to keep in mind:

Provide Options for Physical Action

Vary the methods for response and navigation

Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies

Provide Options for Expression and Communication

Use multiple media for communication

Use multiple tools for construction and composition

Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance

Provide Options for Executive Functions

Guide appropriate goal-setting

Support planning and strategy development

Facilitate managing information and resources

Enhance capacity for monitoring process

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Representation

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Representation

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The guidelines of UDL have 3 subcategories within the 3 main principles: Access, Build, and Internalize. Under Representation, which is the WHAT of learning, there are three things to keep in mind:

Provide Options for Perception

Offer ways of customizing the display of information

Offer alternatives for auditory information

Offer alternatives for visual information

Provide Options for Language and Symbols

Clarify vocabulary and symbols

Clarify syntax and structure

Support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols

Promote understanding across languages

Illustrate through multiple media

Provide Options for Comprehension

Activate or supply background knowledge

Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships

Guide information processing and visualization

Maximize transfer and generalization

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement 

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Guidelines: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement 

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The guidelines of UDL have 3 subcategories within the 3 main principles: Access, Build, and Internalize. Under Engagement, which is the WHY of learning, there are three things to keep in mind:

Provide Options for Recruiting Interest

Optimize individual choice and autonomy

Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity

Minimize threats and distractions

Provide Options for Sustaining Effort and Persistence

Heighten salience of goals and objectives

Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge

Foster collaboration and community

Increase mastery-oriented feedback

Provide Options for Self Regulation

Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation

Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies

Develop self-assessment and reflection

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Engagement in the Classroom: 

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Engagement in the Classroom: 

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Accept format choice for assignments (this will give the student a sense of engagement, choice and will hopefully prompt them to be more involved!)

Integrate service learning opportunities

Have students come up and write answers on the board

Video conference options for lecturing

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Representation in the Classroom:

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Representation in the Classroom:

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Approach content in different ways to help accommodate individuals with ADHD, learning disabilities, or Autism.

Communicate through languages that create a shared understanding

Construct meaning and generate a new understanding

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Action and Expression in the Classroom: 

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Some Ways to Provide Multiple Modes of Action and Expression in the Classroom: 

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Interact with accessible materials and tools

Provide multiple means of communication for students (example: assistive technology)

Compose and share ideas using tools that help attain learning goals

Develop and act on plans to make the most of learning