Empowering Learners Through Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Want to empower and motivate your students to become expert learners? This course is grounded in the philosophy of inclusion for all students and utilizes the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. The course will encourage critical conversations, problem-solving, and hands-on exploration, and educators will will consider student empowerment through a UDL lens. The course has six lessons that provide concrete examples of ways to leverage UDL in teaching strategies, lesson planning, assessment and technology integration to engage students of all abilities.

Essential Learning Outcomes

• Implement Inclusive Practices using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a strategy.

• Establish inclusive classroom practices and environments to serve a diverse group of students.

• Design and implement an action research project on inclusive practices and UDL.