Digging Into the Goal of UDL
Dr. Loui Lord Nelson, December 6, 2023
UDL Gears: "Practices" Word Cloud and Key Words List
- Inclusive
- Practices
- Plan
- Needs
- Learners
- Instruction
- Invite
- Welcome
- General education
- Identify
- Academic
- Barriers
- Methods
- Materials
- Equitable
- Learning
- Social
- Emotional
- Cultural
- Engagement
- Formative assessment
- Summative assessments
- Knowledge
- Skills
- UDL
- Expert learning
- Define
- Achievement
- Listen
- Input
Breakout Choices
1. Choose one practice, one skill, and one mindset then talk about how they influence one another.
a. what you see or experience in your practice
b. what you see or experience in your environment
c. an additional mindset, skill, or practice you have witnessed that
align with UDL
Loui's books and games include:
🔗 Design and Deliver
UDL is the best way to teach all students effectively and break down barriers to learning—but what’s the best resource to get started with? Find the answers in the second edition of this bestselling, teacher-trusted primer.
🔗 Culturally Responsive Design for English Learners: The UDL Approach
In this essential resource, the authors provide scenarios, reflection questions, and classroom-based exercises to support responsive instruction.
🔗 A Tree For All: Your Coloring Book of UDL Principles and Practice
The metaphor of the tree is a resource that helps to minimize the language barrier in a global setting, and the tree metaphor also provided a means to explain more effectively how to apply the UDL framework to any learning environment.
A small sample of Loui’s articles, posts, tools, and products include:
UDL-IRN Implementation SIG