"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn, including students with disabilities. UDL aims to improve the educational experience of all students by introducing more flexible methods of teaching, assessment and service provision to cater for the diversity of learners in our classrooms".
(www.ahead.ie, 2021)
This short video provides an overview of UDL.
Blended learning can help teachers to implement many of the principles of UDL more effectively. Consider UDL and blended learning as complementary ideas which overlap. Blended learning models can make putting UDL into practice more manageable. Teachers can use the time, space, and flexibility afforded by blended learning to increase pupil engagement by teaching self-regulation skills, fostering communication and collaboration among a community of learners, and prioritising pupil agency.
Ahead.ie have created a very helpful Assistive Technology (AT) Hive which guides you through various technologies that can help people with disabilities in many different ways. Click HERE to access this resource