UDL promotes equity and opportunity in the classroom for all students, and it creates a more engaging and active learning environment.
Universal Design of Learning(UDL) uses best practices to teach materials in a variety of ways and formats to ensure all learners are included in the learning activities. This means that faculty focus on making learning and their course work accessible to all students in a variety of ways. This approach requires faculty take an ongoing intentional and mindful look at how their materials are presented; offer material in multiple ways; and utilize technology, color, white space, and other variables to the students’ advantage in order to provide ample ways of demonstrating knowledge. Visit RTC's UDL Libguide
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a paradigm, based on brain research, which promotes providing increased accessibility for all students, not just those with documented disabilities. It encourages the use of flexible methods and resources in order to meet the needs of different types of learners. This “open door approach” helps students who are undiagnosed or who don't want to be singled out as disabled, or who have learning problems that are not severe enough to be considered a disability but still impede their success in the classroom.
Universal Design began in architecture and product development where the goal was to make systems, structures and products “user-friendly” to as many different types of people as possible.