What is Universal Design for Learning?
Universal Design for Learning or UDL for short is a way of reducing obstacles for students struggling and provides a support system, proper accommodations, and challenges students. The goal of UDL for teachers is to adapt to students needs. This allows the students to respond in a positive way and show case their skills and understanding of the material. UDL is becoming increasingly popular in classes it's not just used for special education needs anymore.
UDL runs on three main principles and they are provide multiple means of representation (the "what" of learning), provide multiple means of action and expression (the "how" of learning), and provide multiple means of engagement (the "why" of learning). The next post will be a more in depth look at the principles of UDL.
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udldefined
This is a great explanation of the UDL principles. It really gives a great a breakdown of what UDL is and how teachers can effectively use this in a classroom. You did a great job of explaining the beginning steps of UDL and what the three steps consist of.
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