Connect Activity - Create Your Own UDL Lesson Plan

You started this module with an introduction to Universal Design for Learning, why it is important, and the benefits to all students. Using a video look-in at a classroom where UDL was being implemented, you were able to recognize those three basic guidelines of multiple means of engagement, representation, and action & expression.

In the learning activities, you began with a brief review of writing objectives in the ABCD style and wrote a new objective for a lesson in which you would like to modify to incorporate UDL guidelines for this module. Next, you looked deeper at the benefits of UDL and brainstormed and discussed with classmates about the benefits for all students and learning styles. Then you moved into brainstorming your own application of how you can create UDL guidelines into some activities that align with your objective, discussing these with classmates and giving each other feedback and ideas as well. With the guided analysis, you were able to bring all of these together in a walk-through activity to prepare you for this last part of this module.

This activity is intended to help you connect everything you have learned and applied from the introduction up to this point and allow you to create your own lesson plan, using your objective written earlier, and incorporating UDL guidelines you have learned. For this activity, you will use www.draw.io to create a flowchart mapping out your lesson, goal, and learning activities for meeting your objective. If you have not used a flowchart before, here are a few resources to help you understand both flowchart basics and how to use www.draw.io.