Universal Design for Learning Flashcards
What is Universal Design for Learning?
- Eliminates barriers in learning to improve educational experiences for all learners
- Multiple means of representation + multiple means of action and expression + multiple means of engagement
What are the 3 primary brain networks?
- Recognition network
- Strategic network
- Affective network
What is the recognition network?
Perceiving and gathering info, understanding ideas, recalling facts, recognizing voices and language
What is the strategic network?
Planning and organizing tasks, connecting ideas together, executing actions and demonstrating skills. Comes into play when learners complete activities and assessments and apply the knowledge acquired.
What is the affective network?
Enables us to assign meaning to newly acquired knowledge. Attentive to what’s being taught and motivated to learn more.
What are the 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning?
- Multiple means of engagement (why of learning)
- Multiple means of representation (what of learning)
- Multiple means of action & expression (how of learning)
What is the principle of providing multiple means of representation in UDL?
Focuses on ensuring variety in instructional delivery - print, electronic text, visual, aural. Consider those who may have cognitive, visual, and auditory disabilities, or those who may speak a different native language.
What are the 3 guidelines for the principle of multiple means of representation?
- Provide options for perception
- Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols
- Provide options for comprehension
For Multiple Means of Representation, Guideline 1: Provide Options for Perception, what are the 3 checkpoints?
a. Allow info to be customized: Teachers should consider presenting info in print as well as digital formats. When digital materials are presented, students should be able to customize info (e.g. adjust text and images, change fonts, color contrast, sound & speed levels)
b. Make auditory info accessible: Info presented audibly may not be accessible to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Make auditory information accessible (provide captions & transcripts, incorporate speech to text, supply visual interpretations of music or sounds)
c. Make visual info accessible: Info presented in visual format may not be accessible to students who may be blind or visual impaired, or may not know how to interpret graphics. Provide both print & electronic descriptions of images/graphics and use physical/tactile models for students to touch to grasp info
For Multiple Means of Representation, Guideline 2: Provide Options for Language, Mathematical Expressions, and Symbols, what are the 3 checkpoints?
a. Explain vocabulary and symbols: take time to teach vocab and symbol meanings
b. Highlight syntax and structure: ensure relationships between structures are highlighted and emphasized
c. Help decipher mathematical notation, text, and symbols: use the symbols frequently to help them learn math symbols and notations
d. Support other languages: electronic translation tools, complementing with visuals
e. Utilize multiple media formats: supplement with visual illustrations like diagrams, models, charts, videos
For Multiple Means of Representation, Guideline 3: Provide Options for Comprehension, what are the 4 checkpoints?
a. Provide background knowledge: teach prereqs and use aids like concept maps
b. Focus on patterns, critical features, big ideas and relationships: use outlines, examples, and cues
c. Support information processing, visualization, and manipulation: use scaffolds in learning materials and activities, sequentially guide students through step by step procedures, deliver content in digestible parts
d. Support transfer and generalization: user various teaching methods to trigger students to connect and transfer what they learned, encourage students to use mnemonic devices, provide diff ways for students to gather info like concept maps
What is the principle of providing multiple means of action and expression in UDL?
Give learners multiple options to demonstrate what they know
What are the 3 guidelines for the principle of multiple means of action and expression?
- Provide options for physical action
- Provide options for expression and communication
- Provide options for executive functions
For Multiple Means of Action and Expression, Guideline 1: Provide Options for Physical Action, what are the 2 checkpoints?
a. Provide options for response and navigation: some students might need more time due to motor disabilities, cognitive disabilities, speech disabilities, or language barriers. Provide alternatives that maximize learners’ physical interaction in the classroom
b. Support tools and assistive technologies: design instruction so it’s compatible with diff tools and assistive technologies. e.g. ensuring electronic reading materials are SR compatible & accessible by keyboard
For Multiple Means of Action and Expression, Guideline 2: Provide Options for Expression and Communication, what are the 3 checkpoints?
a. Utilize various media for communication: some students might be better at written communication, others better at speech or art
b. Provide options for construction and composition: use a number of tools and media to compose and construct responses to learning (e.g. software that allows students to make math equations, drawings, storyboards, text-to-speech software and grammar checkers)
c. Support fluency through practice and performance: show different ways to approach a skill or task (e.g. scaffolds, valuable feedback)
