2. Universal Design for Learning: A Workshop in Three Parts Kathy L. Howery University of Alberta Calgary AT Presentation

3. Resources CalgaryATA@ wikispaces

4. The Series Day 1 - Introduction to Universal Design for Learning Day 2 - The UDL Guidelines & Tools Day 3 - Building a UDL Implementation Plan for my district/school/classroom.

5. Today’s Session Review from last session –UDL –Learner Profiles –Guidelines –Tools and Resources Pulling it together… Building a UDL Action Plan

6. Universal Design for Learning UDL provides a blueprint (framework) for creating flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that accommodate learner differences. CAST, 2002

7. UDL… An educational approach that aims to increase access to learning for all students by reducing physical, cognitive, intellectual, organizational and other barriers.

8. Key Concepts in UDL Leveraging Diversity Clearly understood Goals Teaming Flexibility Proactive Approach Change the Environment not the Learner

9. Learner Profiles… Key Resources for today’s session: Making a Difference (Alberta Education, 2010) Teaching in Today’s Inclusive Classroom (Gargiulo & Metcalf, 2010)

10. What might I need to know about my students: Strengths Challenges Preferences Recognition Networks: The “What”of Teaching & Learning Strategic Networks: The “How”of Teaching & Learning Affective Networks: The “What”of Teaching & Learning Perception Language Comprehension Physical Action Expression & Communication Executive Function Interest(s) Effort & persistence Self-regulation

11. Using CAST Resources UDL Class Profile Maker http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystude nt/tools/classprofile.cfmhttp://www.cast.org/teachingeverystude nt/tools/classprofile.cfm

12. Learner  Class Profile

13. Table Talk Developing Learner Profiles Resources on Wiki

14. Curriculum? How do you define curriculum?

15. Resources Programs of Study Assessment Instruction The Curriculum

16. Clearly Defined Goals You need to know what your goal is to understand and set up how this will work!

17. Clearly defined goals… If teachers and students don’t know what the goal of the lesson is it is just like putting nothing into the GPS and driving around…

18. Understanding by Design Big Ideas! Enduring Understandings! Backward Design! Performance Tasks! Planning!

19. The Planning Pyramid

20. Separating the Goal from the Means: Goals/Objectives that LIMIT Access: Instead of … Goals/Objectives that ALLOW Access: Try … The student will write…The student will express… The student will generate… The student will read…The student will receive information… The student will spell…The student will select… The student will compute…The student will solve… The student will define…The student will show… Writing Goals and Objectives that Increase Access* * From Gargiulo & Metcalf (2010) p. 270

21. CAST UDL Goal Setter http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/udlgoalsettertool.cfm

22. Consider…

23. Reflecting on UDL Goals?

24. Materials & Resources

25. When new technologies move beyond their initial stage of development, innovations in curriculum design, teaching strategies and policies will be driven by the needs of students “at the margins”, those for whom present technologies are least effective- most prominently, students with disabilities. The beneficiaries of these innovations will be ALL students. Rose & Meyer, 2000

26. Teach Today with Today’s Tools

27. Technology & Digital Media

28. Sources of Digital Text Digital Repository of Textbooks New Alberta Education Resources Ebook sites Project Guttenberg Scanning…

29. Universal Design for Learning Using digital materials & “assistive” technologies into the classroom we can create a more accessible and flexible environment for all students.

30. Last sessions resources: UDL Guidelines - Version 2.0: Examples and Resources http://www.udlcenter.org/implementation/examples Teaching Every Student Blogspot http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/

31. http://www.techmatrix.org/

32. Some Alberta Resources

33. Some others resources

34. There’s an App for that! Apple http://www.apple.com/education/why- apple/ Free Tech 4 Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/1 0/iphone-ipad-apps-for-special- education.html

35. From our friends to the West: Resources to Support the BC IRPs http://bccurriculum.pbworks.com/w/page/30099789/FrontPage

36. Methods: Student Choice Differentiated Instruction Content Product Process

37. Strategies and Scaffolds http://sciencewriter.cast.org/welcome

38. Strategy Support http://cst.cast.org/cst/auth-login Cast Strategy Tutor

39. Engagement… what do we mean? Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris (2004) Synthesis of the research in school engagement Behavioral Cognitive Emotional

40. Behavioral Engagement: Broadly defined as doing school work and following rules. Examples: Positive Conduct: Consists of behaviors that illustrate effort, persistence, concentration, attention, asking questions, contributing to class discussion, following rules, studying, completing homework, and participating in school-related activities. Absence of Disruptive Conduct: Not skipping school and not getting in trouble.

41. Cognitive Engagement: Essentially defined as motivation, effort and strategy use. This includes a psychological investment in learning, a desire to go beyond the requirements and a preference for challenge. Examples: Flexibility in problem solving, preference for hard work, investment in learning beyond just behavioral engagement, mental effort, and desire to master a task.

42. Emotional Engagement: In general, this includes interests, values and emotions. Examples: Affective reactions in the classroom, attitudes towards school and teachers, identification with school, feelings of belonging, appreciation of success in school. The antithesis of positive feelings are also emotional engagement items.

43. The Why of Learning!!

44. Assessment How do we appropriately assess in a UDL environment? Reduce construct-irrelevant variance Performance based assessment Authentic assessment

45. Assessment WNCP resource http://www.wncp.ca/english/subjectarea/cla ssassessment.aspxhttp://www.wncp.ca/english/subjectarea/cla ssassessment.aspx

46. Assessment http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm Authentic Assessment Overview http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods-and- management/educational-testing/4911.html

47. Assessment - Rubrics http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide /assess.html http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/teaching_resources/tips/rubrics.html

48. Assessment As applied to Large Scale Assessment http://cehd.umn.edu/NCEO/OnlinePubs/Synthesis44.html What the research says: http://escholarship.bc.edu/jtla/vol4/2/ University of Kentucky http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/uda/

49. My UDL Inventory Tools on the Wikispaces: UDL Implementation Rubrics

50. So where to from here?

51. SETTing the Stage for Success

52. UDL Spheres of Influence

53. Building your Toolkit Reflecting on where you are & where you want to be what do you need to add to your toolkit to take next steps? Make a plan for today…. Create a vision for tomorrow …