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UDL - Universal Design for Learning
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The pedagogical framework to designing learning environments to teach and to support ALL learners!
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Kathleen McClaskey
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CAST is offering the UDL101A Online Course that consists of 12 sessions - 9 online sessions and 3 synchronous Web conference sessions. Space is limited to 20 educators.
"This course examines how motivation and emotions interact with learning and how UDL can be used to facilitate deep engagement in learning. Using the UDL Guidelines, participants learn to help students develop the self-awareness and self-determination that will allow them to succeed in a high, standards-based curriculum." 
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Universal Design for Learning from CAST is for all learners and how it maximizes learning for all learners to become expert learners..
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UDL is the framework for personalized learning. We found this very helpful for the teachers we are working with to personalize learning. UDL made sense for all learners. If you look at the three principles from the learner’s point of view, it is all about access and how they process information, how they engage with the content and use what they learn, and how they express what they know and understand. To personalize learning, we recommend using these three terms: access, engage, and express to help teachers wrap their hands around the design of their curriculum and learning environment.
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David Rose - Founder and Chief Education Officer, CAST
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Welcome to Conversations in Multiple Media, which will be a regular section of the forthcoming Universal Design for Learning: A Journal of Theory, Research, & Practice in which experts from the education field comment on a single article. This first installment focuses on "The Variability of Learners," a chapter from a new book, Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, by Anne Meyer, David H. Rose, and David Gordon.
Enjoy the commentary from leading educators and learners and then join in the conversation!
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Discover in these six videos some excellent advise from educators involved in the implementation of UDL in their school districts. They include: > Implementing with a UDL Coach > Tips from a Baltimore County principal > Changing district mindsets > Impact of UDL > First considerations > Learning outcomes with UDL
These videos were produced by the National Center on Universal Design for Learning.
Susie Macfarlane's curator insight,
February 4, 2014 4:49 PM
6 videos on implementing UDL principles
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Don't miss the 2014 UDL-IRN Summit!
The UDL Implementation Research Network (UDL-IRN) is hosting a summit focusing on UDL implementation and associated research on March 6 & 7th, 2014 at the Johns Hopkins University Columbia Campus, Columbia, MD (15-20 minutes from the Baltimore Washington Airport). The intent of this summit is to gather practitioners and researchers to discuss the systematic implementation of UDL in pre-school, K-12, and higher education classrooms. The summit will be a unique opportunity to collaborate with a select group of leaders who are actively engaged in UDL implementation efforts.
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
The National Center on UDL library of UDL principles and practice videos illustrate how to apply the UDL guidelines to classroom lessons. They can also be used to demonstrate how to address specific Common Core State Standards (CCSS). View the videos and read the overviews to learn which UDL principles, UDL guidelines, and CCSS are highlighted in each video. These videos feature three CCSS in Grade 1 Mathematics and six CCSS in Grade 5 Language Arts (ELA).
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Check out this video and learn how Foundation Science Physics , a free application, makes the curriculum accessible to all learners.
"Foundation Science Physics is a 9th grade, technology enabled curriculum focusing on the laws of motion. The curriculum is modular so that the materials can be adopted in the context of any 9th grade Physics course. The Universal Designfor Learning (UDL) approach renders the content flexible and accessible so barriers to learning are removed. All students can work from the same materials while having a personalized learning experience."
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The National Center on Universal Design for Learning
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The National Center on Universal Design for Learning has compiled a set of resources on the "What", "Why" and "How" of UDL and CCSS.
"The CCSS can be considered the "What" in education, i.e., the goals and expectations. It is the destination we wish our students to reach. In light of that, UDL can be considered the "How" in education, i.e., the curriculum and instructional framework teachers use to plan their lessons. In other words, UDL and the CCSS are complementary: the UDL framework provides educators with the means to maximize student attainment of the CCSS."
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This three-part webinar series lead by Alex Dunn explores how iPads can be an integral part of your Universal Design for Learning toolkit. You will learn about built-in universal access features to maximize accessibility, as well as how to select appropriate apps from the approximately one million that are now available. In addition, accessories that can multiply the effectiveness of the classroom iPad will be discussed.
> iPads and Accessibility - 10/29/2013 > Learning with APPtitude: Top 10 Apps to Support Students with Disabilities - 11/5/2013 > iPads and Accessories11/7/2013
Jane Strunck's curator insight,
October 25, 2013 3:34 PM
Alex Dunn will present three free webinars on ipad features that support the UDL Guidelines: October 29, November 5 November 7, 4:00-5:00
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
Kit Hard has created a list of Chrome Apps and Extensions that enable reading and writing supports such as text-to-speech, speech-to text, and dictionary tools for students in my district.
> For text-to-speech Kit recommends the Chrome extension - Chrome Speak The student highlights the text, right clicks and selects speak. > The Google Dictionary extension will open a definition and audio for any word on any web page by double clicking the word. > The Read & Write extension for Google Drive puts a toolbar on the top of the Google Docs editor that adds text-to-speech, a dictionary tool, visual dictionary tool, and special highlighting tools with extraction features. > The Announcify extension takes online articles on sites like CNN or NYT and strips out all adds and distracting visuals, so that only text is visible, enables text-to-speech, and has easy option for enlarging text. > Voice note is a Chrome app that is equivalent to Dragon Dictation for doing voice-to-text.
Carol Leynse Harpold's curator insight,
October 6, 2013 7:41 PM
Suggested extensions to support students with special needs from Kit Hard. Carol 
BB's curator insight,
October 19, 2013 12:15 PM
Some new apps/extensions to explore on Google: Announcify and Voice Note
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The Iris Center: http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/udl/
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
In this module, The IRIS Center walks you through the five steps to create a learning environment that challenges and engages all learners.
"This module examines the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and discusses how to apply these principles to the four curricular components (i.e., goals, instructional materials, instructional methods, and assessments)."
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CAST offers an ever-expanding array of facilitated online courses and short self-paced modules to educators.
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CAST is offering four online UDL courses from September 24th thru December 17th. They are:
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about UDL and how to put it into practice.
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
CAST Professional Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of Katie Novak’s book UDL Now!, a teacher’s Monday-morning guide to implementing Common Core standards using universal design for learning (UDL). Chapters include
> UDL Guidelines: A Planning Tool You Can’t Live Without > Recruiting and Engaging Students as UDL Partners > Choice Assignments: Expressing Knowledge in Endless Ways > Scaffolding: Setting the Bar High and Raising Students to It > The Best Ways to Teach Vocabulary > Using Student Feedback to Inform Instruction > Assessments, the UDL Way
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"Individuals are unique and learn in ways that are particular to them. And in the past quarter century, science has elucidated the great variability of the human capacity to learn..." (p. 49, Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice). Join CAST research scientist Samantha Daley and other CAST staff as we discuss the variability of learning and its implications for education. Specifically, we will talk about recent findings in variability of affective networks that are involved in engagement and impact learning and performance."
Register on this site for this April 30th webinar.
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice authored by Anne Meyer, David Rose and David Gordon is the first significant new statement about UDL since the 2002. A multimedia presentation of the content can be accessed at no charge online at http://udltheorypractice.cast.org (free login required).
This book gives the UDL field an essential and authoritative learning resource for the coming years.
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In this unique and engaging all-in-one resource, learn to use readily available iPad features to make your curriculum more accessible to learners with special needs.
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Don't miss this book written by Luis Perez on mobile learning and special needs!
Kathleen McClaskey's curator insight,
February 7, 2014 11:13 AM
Learn how to get the most from your iPad by using its built-in accessibility features in conjunction with Universal Design for Learning guidelines. In this book, you’ll find: > Step-by-step instructions, tips, and practice activities > Discussion and reviews of more than 150 applications > Access to more than 20 video tutorials, through QR codes located throughout the book
An Apple Distinguished Educator and an expert in digital accessibility features for K-12 and higher education settings, Luis Pérez provides a real sense of what students with disabilities need to learn and to navigate their world more independently.
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
CAST is offering 2-day Institutes in March, May and August, "UDL: Addressing the Variability of All Learners". Participants gain:
> A working knowledge of the neuroscience of learning and how individual variability plays out in different educational environments > Guidelines and techniques to apply UDL principles to the design of lessons and curriculum units so all learners can reach the goal > Strategies, both with and without technology, for classroom practice which includes CAST learning, authoring, and planning tools such as: UDL Book Builder, UDL Studio, UDL Connect, UDL Editions, Science Writer, and UDL Curriculum Self-Check
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
Join Anne Meyer, David Rose and David Gordon in their first free webinar in February where they will discuss their new book: UDL Theory and Practice.
"Meyer and Rose return with Universal Design for Learning: Theory & Practice, an up-to-date multimedia online book (with print and e-book options) that leverages more than a decade of research and implementation."
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
A much anticipateed book on UDL research is now available.
"This book considers the major research areas that underlie UDL and call out for further exploration in the years ahead. Each of the book’s six chapters includes a groundbreaking article that is centrally related to the larger UDL project, along with reflections on that article by contemporary researchers. As David H. Rose notes in his afterword, "the authors of this collection have set out to do more than revitalize and illuminate the foundations of UDL. They have set out also to prepare the field—to set the context—for the kind of research that needs to come now.""
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has a great ring to it as it infers that lessons and instruction are designed for all learners in the classroom. Can you imagine learning environments where all learners can thrive? Using the UDL lens to understand the learners in your classroom can help teachers do exactly that.
Placing this concept in the field of education, the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) coined UDL to apply to all learners, regardless of (dis)abilities. In 2003, CAST has been creating instructional materials for over 10 years, mostly digital, to fit this principle of “universal”. Now 10 years later, the concept is finally becoming more known in our new times of the Common Core and increasingly accessible digital technologies.
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Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
"UDL Implementation: A Tale of Four Districts is the story of four school districts taking the journey into the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation process. Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana, Cecil County Public Schools in Maryland and Chelmsford Public Schools in Massachusetts participated in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded project to explore and pilot processes and tools developed to support UDL Implementation within their own unique districts. The story is told primarily through the voices of the dedicated educator leaders from these districts and the UDL facilitators who supported them. During the one-year grant, the districts worked with CAST, Inc. to develop and implement an effective and sustainable district plan to support the integration of Universal Design for Learning."
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With Universal Design for Learning as their chisel, says Elizabeth Stein, teachers can sculpt super learning environments to meet every student's needs.
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:
Elizabeth Stein creates a wonderful analogy of using UDL to create learning environments for all learners. Here is a brief exerpt from her blog on this subject:
"I’d like to offer my version of a teacher’s chisel–a professional tool that can help us to successfully create optimal learning environments. This tool is called the Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
And UDL can be such a powerful chisel. If we stay mindful as we use it, we can not only create one sculpture at a time, like the artist. We also have the power to create a classroom full of masterpieces –simultaneously. It’s simply amazing."
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Matt Bergman describes how he helps his learner built their UDL Toolbox for Presentations. He introduces the tools this fall and then has them use each of them to try out so they can discover what works best for them. These tools include:
> Prezi > Google Presentations > VoiceThread > Domo.GoAnimate > Wideo
Matt has also embedded an audioboo file on this post for those learners who learn best by listening.
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Check out my book for more ideas, Universal Design of Higher Education: From Principles to Practice.
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Dr. Rebecca Cory offers some excellent strategies that can easily be incorporated into a course at the highered level.
> Shared Note-taking > Integrated Technology > Alternative Assignments
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In UDL Now! Katie Novak offers practical insights and savvy strategies for helping all learners meet high standards using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a framework for inclusive education that aims to lower barriers to learning and optimize each individual’s opportunity to learn. Join Katie to discuss and ask questions related to her book.