Christine A. Christle, Ed.D University of South Carolina christle@mailbox.sc

1. Learn How Universal Design for Learning Can Change Your life!Designing and implementing curricula to meet the needs of ALL learners Christine A. Christle, Ed.D University of South Carolina christle@mailbox.sc.edu

2. Today’s Agenda • Introductions • KWL • What is UDL? • 3 principles • Practice: UDL Checklist • Application: Design a UDL lesson • Share/Discuss • Summary • Next steps

3. KWL: What do you know about UDL ? • Flexible • Addresses different learning needs • Designed to prevent bias • Multiple means of assessment • Based upon three principles • Includes everyone

4. KWL: What do you want to learn about UDL? • Three principles • How it includes everyone • Technology • What is it?! • How can we apply it?

5. UDL at a Glance

6. What is UDL? UDL is an approach to teaching, learning, and assessment, drawing on new brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences and support learning for all students. • Critical to successfully implementing UDL is using digital materials • Digital materials have an inherent flexibility

8. Principles Provide multiple, flexible methods of

9. Learning • Recognition: How we gather facts and categorize what we see, hear, and read. Identifying letters, words, or an author's style • Strategic: Planning and performing tasks. How we organize and express our ideas. Writing an essay or solving a math problem • Affective: How learners get engaged and stay motivated. How they are challenged, excited, or interested

10. Presentation/RepresentationRecognition What • Provide Multiple Examples and non-examples • Highlight Critical Features • Provide Multiple Media and Formats • Audio/video • Text-to-speech • Support Background Knowledge

11. Recognition: Provide multiple examples K-2 Goal: Recognize that animals (including humans) and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water. Examples of living things Examples of non-living things

12. Recognition: Highlight Critical Features Highlight critical features to identify a bird Birds have wings. Birds have beaks. Birds have feathers. Is this a bird?

13. Recognition: Multiple Media & Formats Provide a range of formats and media to ensure access for all

14. ExpressionStrategic How • Flexible models of skilled performance • Provide opportunities to practice with support • Ongoing relevant feedback • Offer Flexible Opportunities for demonstrating Skill

15. Multiple Means of Action and Expression • Written response • Verbal response • Visual art project • Dramatic response • iMovie (Macintosh) • Multimedia: Power Point, Hyperstudio • Others?

16. What does it look like? Options that offer tools for planning and strategy development • Embedded prompts • Checklists and project planning templates • Schedules of steps • Embedded coaches or mentors • Guides for breaking long-term goals into reachable short-term objectives

17. Why MAKE IT REAL! EngagementAffective • Choices of content and tools • Students interests • Provide Adjustable Levels of Challenge • Goal setting • Offer a choice of rewards • Self management • Offer choice of learning context • Groups • Media

18. Photo by Joel Bombardier Affective Networks UDL Principle III: • Multiple Means of Engagement • Examples: • Provide students with choices in such things as: • the type of rewards or recognition available • the tools used for information gathering or production Photo by Steve Jurvetson

19. Photo by Steve Jurvetson Photo by Glenda Owens Affective Networks UDL Principle III: • Multiple Means of Engagement • Examples: • Design activities so that outcomes are authentic, communicate to real audiences, and are purposeful

20. Affective Networks UDL Principle III: • Multiple Means of Engagement • Examples: • Provide opportunities for students to work in cooperative learning groups with scaffolded roles and responsibilities Photo by Menlo School, Atherton, CA

21. Group Exercise Get into the following groups within 5 minutes: Teachers of students with: • Severe/Multiple Disabilities – P & Elem • Severe/Multiple Disabilities – Middle • Severe/Multiple Disabilities – High • Moderate Disabilities - P & Elem • Moderate Disabilities - Middle • Moderate Disabilities – High • Mild Disabilities – P & Elem • Mild Disabilities – Middle • Mild Disabilities - High

22. Evaluate Lesson Plans - Pre

23. Evaluate Lesson Plans – 1st

24. Evaluate Lesson Plans - Mid

25. Develop a lesson plan Work individually, pairs, or small groups • Decide on a lesson and objective • List barriers that your lesson and objective may present for some students • Design the lesson using the principles of UDL • Share your lesson ideas

26. KWL: What did you learn about UDL? • To get rid of barriers • Think outside the box • Offer adjustable levels of challenge • Supports all different types of learning • Offering options and choices • Check background knowledge • Helping general education identify barriers • Engaging, meaningful instruction

27. Summary • What is UDL? • What are the 3 principles of UDL? • _____ Give an example • _____ Give an example • _____ Give an example

28. Resources Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning. http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html

29. Resources National Center on Universal Design for Learning Founded in 2009, the National UDL Center supports the effective implementation of UDL by connecting stakeholders in the field and providing resources and information http://www.udlcenter.org/

30. Challenges & Next Steps • Letting go of reliance on print media • Acquiring and mastering new technology • Getting support from the school system • What will you do this week in your own teaching to incorporate what you learned today ? • What could you do in the near future to share with a colleague and/or general education teacher what you learned today? • What will you do this school year to overcome a challenge?