When it comes to teaching, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a major concept used when planning lessons each day! UDL is a way of thinking about teaching and learning that helps give all students an equal opportunity to succeed. This approach offers flexibility in the ways students access material, engage with it and show what they know. Developing lesson plans this way helps all kids, but it may be especially helpful for kids with learning and thinking differences. UDL focuses on three different elements: representation, action and expression, and engagement. For representation, UDL suggests offering materials and content in more than one format. This would include using textbooks to provide the visual aspect, but also providing text, video and audio and even hands-on activities to reach more students' strengths. Action and expression would be giving students more than one way to interact with material and to showcase what they have learned. For example, instead of the traditional pencil and paper, students may choose to complete a one-pager or create a video. The final element is engagement, where UDL focuses on teachers looking for multiple ways to motivate students by giving students the power to make choices and presenting them with assignments that are relevant to their lives. For UDL to work effectively there needs to be flexibility. Through flexibility students will be motivated and likely more successful when accessing new concepts and demonstrating their learning. Sources: About Universal Design for Learning. (2020, September 25). Retrieved November 24, 2020, from http://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl UDL and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture. (2012, June 21). Retrieved November 24, 2020, from https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/udl-and-the-flipped-classroom-the-full-picture/ UDL On Campus. (2014). Retrieved November 24, 2020, from http://udloncampus.cast.org/home
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