UDL Highlights

CAST Home Page  & the National Center on Universal Design for Learning

Take a tour to:

• Gain an awareness of what we mean by UDL.
• Gain familiarity with CAST tools and resources.
• Explore the policies surrounding current UDL practice.

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Guiding Question 1: How do I learn about UDL?

• About UDL - Learning more
• UDL Online Modules
• Video: UDL at a Glance
• Video: Variability Matters
• Article: Curriculum Opportunities in the Digital Age

Guiding Question 2: What are the UDL Guidelines?

• UDL Guidelines: Multiple Means of Representation; Multiple Means of Action and Expression, and Multiple Means of Engagement
  
• Examples and Resources
• Research Evidence

Guiding Question 3: What are the free tools and resources?

• Learning Tools
• UDL Exchange - a place to discover and build resources, lessons and collections. You can use and share these materials to support instruction guided by the UDL principles.
  

Guiding Question 4: What are the policies that are related to UDL?

• UDL and Advocacy - Visit the National Center Advocacy Page
• A concise definition of Universal Design for Learning was provided by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) - Look at the Center Page.
• NIMAS Center - The NIMAS Center maintains and updates the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), which guides the production of digital versions of textbooks and related instructional materials so they can be more easily converted to accessible formats, including Braille and text-to-speech.
• National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials - resource to state- and district-level educators, parents, publishers, conversion houses, accessible media producers, and others interested in learning more about and implementing AIM and NIMAS.