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This website, from Pennsylvania State University (PSU), provides information and resources on "how to ensure web pages and online documents can be made usable for users with different disabilities." Users can explore the following web accessibility areas: accommodations, blockers, courses, guidelines, websites, multimedia, testing/triage, software,...

This webinar, provided by CAST, features a conversation with author Andratesha Fritzgerald on antiracism and universal design learning in the classroom. Featuring passages from her book, Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success, Fritzgerald discusses the challenges Black and Brown children experience in...

This 31-page handbook is an accessibility guide for visual content. The handbook intends to "make complex images accessible to all learners." In the document, alternate formats, such as text descriptions, lists, data tables, and tactile graphics are explored. Tactile graphic examples, such as charts, graphs, maps, and illustrations, are also...

Created by Durham College, this site provides an overview of Universal Design Learning (UDL) Principles and the benefits of UDL. On the left panel of the website are resources on course outlines, lesson plans, graphic organizers, accessible documents, and other tools for faculty and educators on creating accessible and universally-designed...

This three-page article from CAST discusses Universal Design Learning and the Learning Brain. Cognitive neuroscience research on how the brain functions informs UDL framework, which emphasizes the variability in brain structure and learning patterns. This framework acknowledges high variability in engagement (the why of learning), representation...

This resource, from the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Durham College, provides checklists on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Educators can use these checklists to assess and revise curriculum to meet UDL standards. The resource provides a learning checklist for DC faculty and a checklist for technology solutions. 

This web page is a collection of resources intended for faculty, instructional designers, policy makers, administrators, and others who work in postsecondary institutions. "The purpose of this site is to offer an understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in higher education." The site includes the following four sections: UDL in Higher...

This UDL On Campus webpage provides information on blended courses. "This resource explains how combining face-to-face sessions, synchronous sessions, and asynchronous spaces can be designed using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines to be engaging and inclusive of the diverse learners." Information about planning a blended course, a...

This resource, from the UDL On Campus website, discusses how learning goals can be constructed through the lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). "A UDL approach seeks to create clear learning goals and support the development of expert, lifelong learners that are strategic, resourceful, and motivated." This resource is organized into the...

This resource provides an overview of the elements of Universal Design Learning in higher education. From the landing webpage, users can navigate to read about the following subtopics: About UDL, Getting Started, UDL Examples, and UDL Institutions. Getting Started: This section offers information about how educators interested in UDL can get...