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This case study explores CAST's partnership with Manchester Community College, which aimed to remove barriers to learning in laboratory environments through employing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and accessibility best practices. The case study focuses on Manchester Community College's Improving the Education of Mechatronics...

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 website, made available by UDL for Teachers, provides information for teachers on applying universal design in their classrooms in order to make their teaching more accessible. The website feature three introductory videos with the following titles: An Introduction to Universal Design, Case Studies in Universal Design, Case Studies in...

This webpage from CAST, Inc. provides information on guidance for implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is defined as "a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn." These guidelines can be used in any discipline by "educators, curriculum developers,...

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 webpage, from the UDL On Campus website, includes information on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and assessment. "This resource provides an overview of the types of assessment, a section on assessing variable learners, examples of construct relevance, and a section about the UDL principles and assessment. This resource focuses on ...

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...

This webpage provides resources for developing a syllabus that follows the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. UDL is "an educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with the diversity of learners in mind." A syllabus...