Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education

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You can read the pages in any order, and you do not have to mark a page complete to move to the next one. To earn your certificate, click Mark Complete on each lesson and topic as you finish it, then take the final quiz and score 85% or higher. When every page is complete and the quiz is passed, your certificate unlocks and you can download it anytime from the course page.

Every class you teach holds students who take in information, stay motivated, and show what they know in different ways. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for designing courses so that range of learners can reach the same high goals, with fewer barriers and fewer last-minute fixes.

This course is a practical deep-dive for higher education. You will learn how UDL differs from Universal Design (UD), work through the three UDL principles using CAST’s current 2024 guidelines, see the seven principles of UD and how they translate to education, and apply a four-step review process built at Wichita State for evaluating or building any course, activity, or program.

Work through the lessons, then take the quiz. Score 85% or higher to earn your KSARN certificate.

Course Content

Introduction: designing for the range of learners
UDL and UD: two related ideas, not the same thing
UDL Principle 1: Multiple Means of Engagement (the why)
UDL Principle 2: Multiple Means of Representation (the what)
UDL Principle 3: Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the how)
UDL in practice: accessibility, accommodation, and the law
The seven principles of Universal Design
Applying the UD Review Process for higher education
Review
Universal Design for Learning Quiz