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Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

An Introduction to Universal Design for Learning

Big Ideas
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With different students, standards, economic constraints and curriculum demands the way we do business needs to change !urriculum "goals, methods and materials# need to be robust, deliberate and fle$ible so that ALL students can learn A set of constructs, gathered from two distinct disci%lines will hel% to frame this change
&he 'rinci%les of Universal Design and Brain

What weve learned from architecture

Universal Design

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Universal Design, Designed to meet everyone-s needs


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!urb cuts for education


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How can we remove the barriers from our curriculum


.oals Methods Materials Assessment

The Brain

Recent research in neuroscience confirms that

each brain processes information differently. The way we learn is as individual as DNA or fin erprints. the brain functions around three distinct learnin networ!s.
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)ecognition Networ(
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.athering facts 2ow we identify and categori3e what we see, hear, and read 4or e$am%le, being able to use clues in the %icture to %redict the u%coming danger the 5what5 of learning

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Affective Networ(
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+tudents are engaged and motivated )elates to challenge, interest, relevance and choice &hese are affective dimensions &he 5why5 of learning

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+trategic Networ(
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'lanning and %erforming tas(s 2ow we organi3e and e$%ress our ideas Writing an essay or solving a math %roblem are strategic tas(s &he 5how5 of learning

If there is a brea(down in one of these networ(s learning cannot occur


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'ultiple means of Representation 'ultiple means of (n a ement Affective Process Networ! The )why* of learnin

Reco nition Content Networ!


The )what* of learnin

'ultiple means of Action + #trate ic (,pression

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The )how* of learnin

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UDL At a .lance
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Recognition Multiple Means of Representation

Alternatives to written text Activate backgroun knowle ge !ig"lig"t big i eas#$ain i eas %anguage#vocabular& alternatives

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'trategic (Multiple Means of Action ) *xpression

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In summary, our curricula needs to include


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Assistive &echnology Universal Design for Learning

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