hello and welcome to teachings and education in this video you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about Universal Design for Learning let's begin with the question of why should educate errs use a Universal Design for Learning the purpose of UDL is to provide all students regardless of their background with an equal opportunity to learn and succeed in the classroom a UDL approach must serve the needs of each classrooms diverse group of learners regardless of the students cultural background race socioeconomic status gender language ability reading writing or math proficiency and even the students motivation this approach will empower both students and educators now let's look at some specific benefits of UDL first off students are individuals and some have specific barriers to learning UDL curriculum designs aim to help students get around those barriers still the approach incorporates assessments lessons and objectives that are both challenging and at the same time achievable for each student this in turn will increase student engagement educators are empowered and able to enhance a curriculum for the benefit of their students enhanced curriculum includes new technology exciting lessons and added materials other than removing barriers UDL should also build on student strengths too often educators spend all of their time focusing on deficiencies as opposed to accentuating student positives on to the next section which is the three guiding principles of UDL the first principle is offering multiple ways to represent content besides just using a textbook offer audio content video to view news articles and more options the second principle is to allow students to express their mastery of content a teacher may allow some students to take a paper test and other students can do an oral presentation the third principle is providing various ways to motivate and engage students to learn consider game based learning gamification culture studies the language experience approach next let's take a practical look at how to incorporate UDL in the classroom choice assignments are one staple of a UDL classroom not only do students feel a sense of autonomy they feel more obligated to complete the assignment because they chose it next teachers need a variety of materials on hand for this reason it's important to get department chairs and school principals on board to help secure supplies flexible assessment is another key component of UDL implementation this goes back to building on student strengths and designing assessments based off of those strengths teachers should look to vary presentation of content for example not everyone has the attention for a lecture there are many types of engaging videos on the internet as an alternative format also important is having supports in place for students identify students and their specific needs scaffold assignments and lesson teachers can be supported in many ways right now I'm gonna take a quick break and ask that you hit that subscribe button also I ask that you hit the thumbs up button and give this video a like as well now let's get back to it collaboration the inclusion classroom is the most common place you would find the implementation of Universal Design for Learning and that's because the collaboration can take place between the special education teacher and general education teacher collaboration of educators teachers administrators and paraprofessionals should all be centered around shared goals and visions still communication is what really drives collaboration UDL requires open lines of communication between educators in a very professional way the best thing to do is to create set times and places to meet and collaborate it's easy to fall off with these set times and meetings at these meetings educators should work together on planning for UDL implementing those plans and eventually assessing the overall effects of the UDL approach the next topic is lesson planning for the UDL one way to get started is to create a class profile and get an understanding of each student's strengths and weaknesses their likes and dislikes etc and so forth you don't want to plan a lesson without having a viable curriculum educators may have to order the current curriculum and find out ways to improve the quality of that curriculum special education and general education teachers should work together to develop smart goals for their students smart meaning specific measurable achievable realistic and timely examining any UDL approach centered less and should have a lot of variety and different components lesson plans should not look the same day to day after planning these wonderful UDL lessons teachers need to take a look back and reflect on what worked and what did not work and now the last section of this presentation actual classroom examples of UDL at work a UDL approach comes with a flexible learning environment where the teacher is always accessible students may be working alone or in groups and they may be at the teacher's desk or designated areas or working independently lessons are multi-sensory in nature meaning that they can incorporate music or visual graphics video or any other thing that you might like projects are an easy way to get new activities out for the students and teachers can get really creative because there are so many projects out there with these projects there is always options to create groups teachers can go back to their classes look at their student profiles and figure out ways to design these groups because UDL has to meet the needs of so many it should not rely heavily on teacher driven lecture but rather a student-centered approach to learning anyway right now I just want to say thank you for your time don't forget to check out the description link below for resources subscribe like and share this video and I'll see you guys soon