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Using UDL for Student Inclusion and Success

• In Event: Using UDL for Student Inclusion and Success

Abstract

Universal Design for Learning is an educational framework for teaching and learning that assists faculty in their efforts to improve student inclusion and success. The goal of UDL is to eliminate barriers that inhibit student learning through the design and implementation of flexible environments centered on the learner. Based on a foundation of neuroscience and learning theories, UDL focuses on the ways students learn and emphasizes the learning process. This session presents the three principles of UDL - means of representation (the ways faculty develop and present course content); action and expression (designing options for student responses); and engagement (improving faculty/student interactions in order to develop self-regulated learners). Faculty will better understand the "why" behind techniques already in use and be motivated to explore new approaches that support the success of all learners.

Author

• Richard Walstra, Dominican University