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CAST: UDL Guidelines (v3.0)

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:06:12 UTC

Description: The definitive, interactive UDL Guidelines from CAST (updated 2024) with principles, considerations, examples, research, and downloads. Great for quickly exploring checkpoints and seeing how they map to learner variability.

Why it’s relevant: This is the field’s core reference. It provides examples/practices for the latest 3.0 framing.

UDL on Campus (CAST)

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:08:32 UTC

Description: CAST’s curated portal for postsecondary instructors with tutorials and exemplars across assessment, course planning, media/tech selection, and institutional practices.

Why it’s relevant: Tailored to higher ed, it is perfect for colleagues who want concrete, campus-ready how-tos and case examples.

UDL on Campus: UDL & Assessment

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:12:41 UTC

Description: Practical guidance for designing valid, bias-aware assessments (e.g., construct relevance, assessing variable learners) through the UDL lens.

Why it’s relevant: Assessment is often the most challenging area to apply UDL. This resource makes it actionable with examples that can be used right away.

IRIS Center (Vanderbilt): UDL Module

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:13:57 UTC

Description: A free, 2.5-hour self-paced module (built with CAST) that walks educators from UDL fundamentals to classroom application.

Why it’s relevant: Ideal for those who want a structured learning path (readings, examples, checks for understanding) rather than a reference site.

AEM Center (CAST): Designing for Accessibility with POUR

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:15:20 UTC

Description: Plain-language guide to the WCAG-aligned POUR principles (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust) with handouts and starter questions.

Why it’s relevant: Accessibility is a prerequisite to UDL; this gives concrete steps for materials/tech that remove entry barriers.

UDL in 15 Minutes (Podcast) — Loui Lord Nelson

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:16:38 UTC

Description: Short, story-driven episodes where educators share how they actually implement UDL (K–12 and higher ed).

Why it’s relevant: Great for time-pressed individuals who want to hear real cases that translate the Guidelines into classroom moves.

Universal Design for Learning: Theory & Practice (Meyer, Rose, Gordon) — Free Online (1st ed.)

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:18:38 UTC

Description: CAST’s foundational book, free to read in Clusive with built-in accessibility scaffolds; also note the newly updated 3rd edition (Principles, Framework, and Practice).

Why it’s relevant: Gives colleagues the research base and full framework narrative behind the Guidelines. Perfect for deeper study or a reading group.

eCampusOntario Pressbooks: UDL (Chapter)

zetzerbp — 2025-09-21 18:31:06 UTC

Description: A concise, open-licensed overview linking UDL to learning science and digital pedagogy with practical strategies.

Why it’s relevant: Offers an approachable primer and language individuals can reuse in syllabi or trainings.