{"id":1197,"date":"2021-12-07T18:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:11:14","slug":"accessibility-and-universal-design-for-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/digital-pedagogy\/pedagogical-strategies-and-practices\/accessibility-and-universal-design-for-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Design for Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Design for Learning (UDL) offers a set of principles to inform your approach to teaching.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.<\/p>\n<footer><cite>The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Multiple Means of Representation<\/h2>\n<p>Learners differ in the ways they perceive and comprehend information.<\/p>\n<p>Three examples on how to provide multiple means of representation are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Present course material in multiple media, such as a combination of written work (articles, textbook chapters, etc.) and multimedia (video lectures, relevant YouTube content, TED Talks, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Provide alternative text descriptions (alt text) to accompany diagrams and other images.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all multimedia content is accurately captioned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. Multiple Means of Action and Expression<\/h2>\n<p>Learners differ in the ways they can navigate a learning environment and express what they know.<\/p>\n<p>Three examples on how to provide multiple means of action and expression are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vary the means in which students demonstrate competency and achievement of learning outcomes. Do not rely solely on one assessment method.<\/li>\n<li>Enable opportunities for students to reflect on their learning experiences and receive feedback on performance and progress towards learning goals.<\/li>\n<li>Leverage instructional technologies such as Perusall, Flipgrid, VoiceThread, and other spaces where students can express competencies in varied ways while gaining experience using different technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>3. Multiple Means of Engagement<\/h2>\n<p>Learners differ in the ways they can be engaged or motivated to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Three examples on how to provide multiple means of engagement are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider incorporating projects where students can select one of multiple avenues of completion (i.e. options to either deliver a presentation or compose a paper)<\/li>\n<li>Encourage students to contribute individual learning goals of their own to achieve during the semester.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate individual, pair, small group, and large group activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">References and Resources<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/udlguidelines.cast.org\">http:\/\/udlguidelines.cast.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahead.ie\/udl-framework\">Universal Design for Learning Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Design for Learning (UDL) offers a set of principles to inform your approach to teaching. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) The 3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are: 1. 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