Universal Design for Learning
Discover how this curriculum design approach customizes instruction and materials to serve all learners
Special Education
Universal Design for Learning
The Center for Learning Disabilities sponsored an online chat on universal design for learning with Patti Ralabate, a special education expert for the National Education Association. The chat is packed with links to great resources on this topic, which advocates creating lessons and classroom materials that are flexible enough to accommodate different learning styles.
Assessment
Universally-Designed Assessments
My blog post about "books of the future" using principles of universal design for learning brought this comment from source Candace Cortiella, director of The Advocacy Institute, which I thought was worth bringing up:
Education
Letter to the Editor
When Flexibility Means That ‘Majors’ Start in 1st Grade
The idea of “universal design for learning,” originally focused on special education, seems to recognize that everybody learns differently because everybody is different.
Education
Letter to the Editor
‘Universal Design’ Concept and Multiple Measures
The philosophy of “universal design for learning” is a welcome remedy for one-size-fits-all instruction.
Special Education
‘Universal Design’ Concept Pushed for Education
The philosophy advocates creating lessons and classroom materials that are flexible enough to accommodate different learning styles.
Special Education
A Level Playing Field
For years, a computer-assissted methodology called Universal Design for Learning has enabled special-needs kids in the Boston area to stay in regular classrooms. But can it work nationwide?
Special Education
Explainer
Special Education Explainer (2011)
Special education encompasses a range of programs designed to serve children with mental, physical, emotional, and behavioral disabilities.