2. Inspiration for UDL
 Traditional teaching
methods do not address
the needs of diverse
learners
 All students deserve the
opportunity to be
successful in the
classroom
 Educating students with
disabilities is a
collective responsibility

4. UDL’s First Principle:
Provide Multiple Means of Representation
 Explanation: Teachers
must PRESENT
INFORMATION IN
VARIED WAYS
especially for today’s
digital learners
 Examples:
Smart Boards,
digital stories,
audio-visual
devices,
Promethean

5. UDL’s Second Principle:
Provide Multiple Means of Action/Expression
 Explanation: Educators
must give students
alternatives means of
EXPRESSING
COMPREHENSION
 Examples:
- Assistive technology
- Options for expressing skills
and fluency
- Options that support goal-
setting, planning, and self-
monitoring

6. UDL’s Third Principal:
Provide Multiple Means of Engagement
 Explanation: Maintain
student interest and
motivation
 Examples:
- Student response
systems
- Laptop computers
- Digital images

7. Technology’s Role
 Digital technology offers flexibility to display content
differently
Examples

8. UDL’s Potential Impact
 Using UDL helps teachers address issues in their
classroom
 UDL opens learning opportunities for ALL students
 UDL builds maximum flexibility into the curriculum

9. Brain Research and Diverse
Learning
 Teachers need to pay attention to individual
differences in students to identify their strengths and
weaknesses
 To do this effectively, we must address the three
networks of the brain

10. Brain Networks
 Recognition-
responsible for
processing patterns
 Strategic- responsible
for processing actions
 Affective-responsible
for processing emotions

11. Implications for Diverse Learners
 Each learner is unique and sees the world in different
ways. We all come from different cultures and ethnic,
linguistic, and academic backgrounds
 The dream of UDL is for each student to have access
to the curriculum in a way that promotes the most
learning for that individual

12. Technology’s Role
 Technology can be used to address the three brain
networks
 Technology provides limitless ways to:
- offer many forms of information (recognition)
- offer means of expression of learning (strategic)
- offer numerous types of engagement (affective)

13. Tools and Resources
 The CAST (Center for Applied Science Technology)
website provides many tools and resources for UDL
including:
- “UDL Curriculum Self-check” which enables
educators to identify their strengths and weakness in
applying UDL in the classroom
- “Teaching Every Student” which provides activities,
model lessons, and toolkits to support educators
- “UDL Book Builder” which enables educators to
develop their own digital books to support reading
instruction literacy learning

14. CAST Tools and
Resources in my School
“Curriculum Self-
check”
• Teachers can
use to identify
areas of focus
“Teaching Every
Student”
• Contains ideas
for supporting
new and veteran
teachers
“Book Builder”
• Enables
teachers to
create and share
books that
support diverse
learners

15. References
 CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
website
 Howard, K. L. (2004). Universal design for learning:
Meeting the needs of all students. International
Society for Technology in Education, 31(5), 26–29.
 Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer).
(2009). Universal Design for Learning. [Educational
video]. Baltimore: Author
 Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every
student in the digital age: Universal design for
learning. Retrieved from
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/