To address the remarkable variability among students in today’s diverse learning environments, educators are increasingly turning to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL offers a framework for guiding the design of learning opportunities that are inclusive and challenging for all learners.

This three-week virtual institute includes a mix of self-paced learning, asynchronous group discussion, live webinars with UDL experts, and job-embedded application to support individuals or teams to begin applying UDL to their practice. UDL: Apply will focus on brainstorming, identifying, and refining a “problem of practice”--a curiosity or challenge participants experience in their own context. Participants will design an action plan to explore and address their problems of practice from a UDL perspective. Throughout the virtual institute, participants will share their problems of practice and design plans with fellow participants, learning from one another and building a network that will carry them through the work of the entire program--and beyond. This program can serve as preparation for independent implementation.

This workshop is Part 2 of the new Universal Design for Learning Series.