Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on Principles and their Application
ARTICLE
David H. Rose, Wendy S. Harbour, Catherine Sam Johnston, Samantha G. Daley, Linda Abarbanell
Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability Volume 19, Number 2,
Abstract
Authored by the teaching staff of T-560: Meeting the Challenge of Individual Differences at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this article reflects on potential applications of universal design for learning (UDL) in university courses, illustrating major points with examples from T-560. The article explains the roots of UDL in cognitive neuroscience, and the three principles of UDL: multiple means of representing information, multiple means of expressing knowledge, and multiple means of engagement in learning. The authors also examine the ways UDL has influenced their course goals and objectives, media and materials, teaching methods, and assessment techniques, including discussion groups, lectures, textbooks, and the course website. The authors emphasize the ongoing developmental nature of the course and UDL principles as tools or guidelines for postsecondary faculty, rather than a set of definitive rules. UDL is proposed as a way to address diversity and disabilities as constructs of individuals and their environment in higher education classrooms. (Contains 2 endnotes and 3 figures.)
Citation
Rose, D.H., Harbour, W.S., Johnston, C.S., Daley, S.G. & Abarbanell, L. (2006). Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on Principles and their Application. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 19(2), 135-151. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/77561/.
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Keywords
- Access to Education
- assistive technology
- Brain
- Cognitive Processes
- Disabilities
- Discussion Groups
- distance education
- Equal Education
- individual differences
- learning theories
- Lecture Method
- Neurological Organization
- Postsecondary Education
- Special Needs Students
- student diversity
- student motivation
- teaching methods
- Textbooks
- Web Sites
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