Gain a solid foundation of design thinking and how it can provide educators with a process to discover, frame, and address meaningful problems
Identify strategies to surface and refine a clear problem of practice that can be addressed through a focused understanding of UDL
Create a UDL action plan that addresses your problem of practice
To address the remarkable variability among students in today’s diverse learning environments, educators are increasingly turning to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL offers a framework for guiding the design of learning opportunities that are inclusive and challenging for all learners.
This three-week virtual institute includes a mix of self-paced learning, asynchronous group discussion, live webinars with UDL experts, and job-embedded application to support individuals or teams to begin applying UDL to their practice. UDL: Apply will focus on brainstorming, identifying, and refining a “problem of practice”--a curiosity or challenge participants experience in their own context. Participants will design an action plan to explore and address their problems of practice from a UDL perspective. Throughout the virtual institute, participants will share their problems of practice and design plans with fellow participants, learning from one another and building a network that will carry them through the work of the entire program--and beyond. This program can serve as preparation for independent implementation.
This workshop is Part 2 of the new Universal Design for Learning Series.
