Universal Design for Learning

“A set of principles for curriculum development that gives all individuals equal opportunities to learn.”

We all bring our own skills, needs, interests and experiences to learning. Providing multiple means of representation and engagement, and allowing students multiple means of action and expression, makes your content more accessible to all students, regardless of skills, needs, interest and experience. One size does not fit all.

http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html

Simple ways to apply UDL to your online course in Blackboard:

• Place the most recently added content at the top of the page
• When possible, provide documents in "open" formats
• o RTF, TXT, HTML, (PDF), JPG, GIF
• Provide multiple document formats whenever possible
• If you use media, provide transcripts or captions
• Consider options on assignments that allow for alternative expression (written, oral, audiovisual, multimedia)