Subject Guides: Designing Learning: Universal Design for Learning

Articles

Introduction to UDL

6 Ways to Engage Every Learner Using UDL Universal Design for Learning can make your lessons more accessible and your lesson-planning more fun.
The 7 Principles of Universal Design Explaining where Universal Design originated
UDL at NSCC A padlet of resources
UDL ON CAMPUS UDL On Campus is a collection of resources developed by CAST geared towards multiple stakeholders within postsecondary institutions, including instructional designers, faculty, policy makers, and administrators. The purpose of the site is to offer an understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in higher education and contains four sections: 1) UDL in Higher Education, 2) Course Design, 3) Media and Materials, and 4) Accessibility and Policy. Each section provides resources about addressing learner variability at the postsecondary level in an effort to improve learning opportunities, retention, and outcomes.
Universal Design for Learning: An Introduction What is UDL?
Universal Design for Learning: Theory & Practice (access with a free account) YOu can access this ebook for free by signing up for a new account. In this book, Meyer and Rose, along with David Gordon, provide the first comprehensive presentations of UDL principles and practices since 2002. This new look at UDL includes contributions from CAST's research and implementation teams, as well as their collaborators in schools, universities, and research settings.

Top 10 UDL Tips for Assessment Universal Design for Learning (UDL) encourages “assessment by design,” but what does that mean specifically for educators? How can you use the UDL framework to design and reflect on assessments?
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Videos

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) by John Spenser, 24 August 2021

UDL At A Glance by CAST, 6 Jan 2010

UDL Guidelines Structure by National Center on Universal Design for Learning, 22 Nov 2010

TEDx Talks. (2016, October 13). Why We Need Universal Design | Michael Nesmith | TEDxBoulder [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/bVdPNWMGyZY