Meeting the learning needs of diverse students throughUniversal Design for Learning

1. Meeting the learning needs of diverse students throughUniversal Design for Learning 1

2. What is one of the central defining characteristics of today’s students? 2

3. Important Questions What does DIVERSITY mean in your classroom? 3 What are some of the needs of your diverse learners?

4. 4 http://breeze.unisa.edu.au/diversity

5. While university is challenging for every student, some learners find the difficulties nearly insurmountable. 5

6. Examples International students NESBunderstanding professors Mature-aged studentsenergy levels Students with learning disabilitiescomprehension Students with sensory impairmentsinaccessibility 6

7. Promises & Expectations 7

8. Bond University’s obligation to diverse learners. Bond University gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the relaxed Australian lifestyle while learning to speak English. You will study with an international student population, with students from more than 80 countries worldwide, and you will work with small, personalised classes. All of our teachers are highly qualified and many have international experience. 8

9. Disability Services Bond University recognises its responsibility to create an environment free from discrimination and harassment and will develop plans and procedures to provide an accessible and inclusive work and study environment. ‘Reasonable adjustments’ will be made to accommodate a student with a disability. A ‘reasonable adjustment’ is a measure or action taken to assist a student with a disability to participate in education on the same basis as other students. 9 http://www.bond.edu.au/about/life/support-services/disability-support.html http://www.staff.bond.edu.au/quality/policies/corporate/COR107.pdf

11. Two Approaches 12 THE ENVIRONMENT Individual

12. Options? 13

13. Telephone The telephone was one of the many devices Bell developed in support of his work with the deaf. 14 UD inventions which benefit many E-mail Vinton Cerf (who was hard of hearing since birth) developed the host level protocols for the ARPANET. He married a lady who was deaf. Cerf communicated with his wife via text messaging

14. Learning Environment 15 FM System Cultural Studies Online Discussion Forum

15. The Curb-cut Metaphorand Electronic Curb-cuts 16

16. BooksPrint Text vs. Enhanced e-Text 17

17. What is Universal Design of Learning? 18 http://udl-stuff.wikispaces.com/Tools+and+Resources

18. Universal Design for Learning ... 19 Simply put, UDL is a set of principles that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvKnYog6e4

19. Universal Design for Learning ... 20 Proactive design of teaching & curriculum “to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design” . http://www.ncsu.edu/dso/general/universal-design.html

21. benefit many

22. simple

23. efficient

24. cost effective

26. UDL Guiding Principles 23 w http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

27. 24 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #1:Universal design in education is fundamentally different from universal design in the built environment. . Center for Applied Special Technology

28. 25 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #2:UDL is fundamentally about proactively valuing diversity. . Center for Applied Special Technology

29. 26 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #3: UDL is ultimately about design. . Center for Applied Special Technology

30. 27 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #4:Universal design for learning is not just good teaching. . Center for Applied Special Technology

31. 28 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #5:Universal design for learning does not occur naturally. . Center for Applied Special Technology

32. 29 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #6:Technology is essential for implementing UDL. . Center for Applied Special Technology

33. 30 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #7:UDL is not assistive technology. . Center for Applied Special Technology

34. 31 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #8:It is necessary to measure the primary and secondary impact of UDL. . Center for Applied Special Technology

35. 32 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #9:Claims of UDL must be evaluated on the basis of enhanced student performance. . Center for Applied Special Technology

36. 33 sample 10 Propositions for UDL Dave Edyburn #10:UDL is much more complex than we originally thought. . Center for Applied Special Technology

38. have lectures videoed and accessible

39. have sign language/subtitles for content

40. publish students’ notes online

41. make use of visuals and graphics http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=EJ844630

42. Practical UDL suggestions http://www.bond.edu.au/about-bond/quality-teaching-and-learning/resources/index.htm 35

43. 36 From the Teaching at Bond Booklet page 36

44. 37 From the Teaching at Bond Booklet page 36

45. Some Books & Articles on UDL: 38 Burgstahler, S.E. & Cory, R.C. (Eds.) (2008). Universal design in higher education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education. Edyburn, D.L. (2010). Would you recognize universal design for learning if you saw it? Ten propositions for new directions for the second decade of UDL. Learning Disability Quarterly, 33, 33-41. Rose, D.H. & Meyer, A. (Eds.) (2006). A practical reader in universal design for learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education. Rose, D.H. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Rose, D.H., Meyer, A. & Hitchcock, C. (Eds.) (2005). The universally designed classroom: Accessible curriculum and digital technologies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education

46. 39 Electronic curb-cuts CAS (Center for an Accessible Society), Steve Jacobshttp://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/technology/eleccurbcut.htm Practical implementation strategy for UDL Edyburn (2009) Tic-Tac-Toe Instructional Planninghttp://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/tictactoe.html Universal design for learning CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)http://www.cast.org History and principles of UD and UDL NCSU-DSO (North Carolina State University, Disability Studies Office)http://www.ncsu.edu/dso/general/universal-design.html