Universal Design for Learning
UDL Principles
Provides multiple means of Engagement
Access/Provide options for recruiting interest
Optimize individual choice and autonomy
Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity
Minimize threats and distractions
Provide options for Sustaining Effort & Persistence
Heighten salience of goals and objectives
Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge
Foster collaboration and community
Provide options for Self- Regulation
Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation
Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies
Develop self-assessment and reflection
Provides multiple means of Representation
Access/provide options for Perception
Offer ways of customizing the display of information
Offer alternatives for auditory information
Offer alternatives for visual information
Build/Provide options for Language & Symbols
Clarify vocabulary and symbols
Clarify syntax and structure
Support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols
Promote understanding across languages
Illustrate through multiple media
Internalize/Provide options for Comprehension
Activate or supply background knowledge
Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships
Guide information processing and visualization
Maximize transfer and generalization
Provides multiple means of Action and Expression
Access/Provide options for Physical Action
Vary the methods for response and navigation
Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies
Build/Provide options for Expression and Communication
Use multiple media for communication
Use multiple tools for construction and composition
Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance
Internalize/ Provide options for Executive Function
Guide appropriate goal-setting
Support planning and strategy development
Facilitate managing information and resources
Enhance capacity for monitoring progress
Additional Resources
Burgstahler, S. (2013). Preface. In S. Burgstahler (Ed.). Universal design in higher education: Promising practices. Seattle: DO-IT, University of Washington. Retrieved from www.uw.edu/doit/UDHE-promisingpractices/preface.html
CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from http://udlguidelines.cast.org
The ACCESS Project, Colorado State University. (n.d.). What is Universal Design for Learning? Retrieved on November 4, 2020, from http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/documents/what_is_udl.pdf