UDL & Apps
Exploring how technology helps develop expert learners
Week One: Rethinking the Guidelines
When viewing and using the UDL guidelines, consider both their vertical and horizontal nature.
The vertical design, divided into Engagement, Representationa and Action and Expression, asks us to explore the three different aspects of learning - why, what and how. The horizontal view, asks us to focus on the top, to focus on options for comprehensions, executive functions and self-regulation. While all aspects of the UDL guidelines are important, indeed we need to address accessibility if we want to focus on deep learning, the goal is to help students become expert learners.
Although the video below is older (with the old UDL guidelines) it addresses the horizontal nature of the guidelines emphasizing the importance of moving from extrinsic to intrinsic, and from access to information to access to learning.
Image Description: This detailed image creates an image of what Dr. Rose discusses in the video on this page. It represents the new guidelines, emphasizing the bottom up nature of the guidelines. The bottom focuses on creating an accessible classroom and removing barriers. The middle row focuses on building important skills for learner success and the top row focuses on developing expert learners. On the left side of the image it has an arrow pointing up. On the bottom it says extrinsic and at the top it says intrinsic, referring to the shift to student responsibility and ownership of their learning.
Universal Design for Learning - A Placemat of Core Apps Serving Learning for All - Interactive PDF
Image Description: Image of approximately 50 different apps to suppport different learning needs.