CTTL Faculty Repository: Universal Design for Learning

• Center for Applied Special Technology Website (CAST) (Links to an external site.)
• CAST: UDL at a Glance (5 minutes and 21 seconds) (Links to an external site.)
• UDL for Teachers Website (Links to an external site.)
• The Center for Universal Design in Education Website (Links to an external site.)
• Association on Higher Education and Disability Website

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that addresses the primary barrier to fostering expert learners within instructional environments: inflexible, “one-size-fits-all” curricula. It is inflexible curricula that raise unintentional barriers to learning. Learners who are “in the margins”, such as learners who are gifted and talented or have disabilities, are particularly vulnerable.

Three primary principles, which are based on neuroscience research, guide UDL and provide the underlying framework for the UDL Guidelines:

• Provide Multiple Means of Engagement (the “why” of learning)
• Provide Multiple Means of Representation (the “what” of learning)
• Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the “how” of learning).

Bianca Rowden-Quince (650) 738-4296

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Andrea Fuentes 650-738-7133