Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) is a framework for curriculum design that fosters access to learning for everyone. It is based on research about the brain based learning and the development of new digitial media. UDL helps identify and remove barriers from teaching methods and curriculum materials, enabling each student to engage and learning and progress. UDL address each learner's unique needs, background, and interests by supporting customized methods, materials, and assessments. Check out the following video to learn more about UDL:
Read the paragraph below and compare this to the "Essential Question" when doing curriculum mapping.
What is different? Dose this information change the "Essential Question" or the approach you will use to achieve your task?
Growing diversity in today's classrooms increases the need for teachers to individualize instruction. At the same time, heightened concern about student achievement mandates that teachers meet specific local, state, and national standards. These two factors, learning standards and student diversity, seem to pose conflicting priorities. How can teachers set goals that address standards while supporting the unique propensities of each learner?
The key is to design a goal that represents the true purpose of the learning activity. This sounds obvious but actually many goals are stated in a way that confuses means and ends. Only when the essential learning purpose is clear can we determine the educational focus for all learners. At the same time, a clear goal enables us to determine which alternative pathways and scaffolds can be used to meet diverse learning needs while keeping the learning challenge where it belongs.
The UDL Goal Setter Tutorial steps you through the process of analzying learning standards and benchmarks through the lens of UDL. Using a selected set of standards and benchmarks, the tutorial helps you learn to analyze what is essential to a goal and what can be changed and varied to support different learners.
The UDL Goal Setter Tool supports you in refining your own goals for use in the classroom.
NYS Learning Standards http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysatl/standards.html
Check your curriculum or create materials with these useful tools
http://www.cast.org/learningtools/index.html
Here are some worksheets you can incorporate into your checklist
UDL_Guidelines_v2 0-Organizer_0.pdf
Guideline Ed Chklst 8_31_09.doc
lesson review.doc
UDL Checklist- Elementary.doc
UDL Checklist-High School.doc
UDL Checklist - Middle School.doc
FREE UDL Toolkits:
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