1. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines – Version 1.0 1. What are expert learners? 2.What is meant by the term “curriculum?” 3.What does it mean to say curricula are “disabled”? 4.How does UDL address and redress curricular disabilities? 5.What evidence supports the practices of Universal Design for Learning? 6.How are the Guidelines organized and how should they be used?

2. What are expert learners? Strategic, goal directed learners. – Formulate plans, devise strategies, organize resources, monitor progress, self-aware Resourceful, knowledgeable learners. – Activate prior knowledge, recognize valuable tools and resources, transform new information into useable knowledge Purposeful, motivated learners. – Set challenging learning goals, sustain effort and resilience, monitor and regulate emotional reactions

3. What is meant by the term “curriculum”? Goals – Benchmarks or expectations for teaching and learning. Methods – Specific instructional methods for the teacher. Materials – Media and tools that are used for teaching and learning. Assessment – Reasons for and methods of measuring student progress.

4. What does it mean to say curricula are “disabled”? They are disabled in WHO they can teach. They are disabled in WHAT they can teach. They are disabled in HOW they can teach.

5. How does UDL address and redress curricular disabilities? UDL refers to a process by which a curriculum is intentionally and systematically designed from the beginning to address individual differences. UDL focuses on identifying practices that have proven effective for students “in the margins”. UDL has benefited greatly from powerful digital technologies that make it possible to customize and personalize for easily and effectively.

6. What evidence supports the practices of UDL? The three basic principles are derived from research in modern neuroscience and the cognitive science of learning – Vygotsky and Bloom. Research identifying the specific practices that are critical to meeting the challenge of individual differences. New research on the specific applications of UDL.