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OLC - Practical Applications for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - 21-27 July 2025 Online

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Workshop Description:

People teaching and designing online courses, professional development, and other content encounter a diverse student/user population with various learning preferences and needs. Instead of creating a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching, consider designing and delivering your content using a framework that provides flexible instructional goals, methods, activities, materials, and assessments with embedded choices and scaffolds to meet the needs of your diverse learning population. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) takes into consideration that people learn differently and, therefore, should be provided with different options for learning materials and for demonstrating learning. This workshop will help you understand the core concepts of UDL and apply them to an online course setting.

Learning Objectives:

Recognise the evolution and context of disability-related language and definitions.
Discuss barriers that may be present in an online learning environment from the perspective of diverse learners.
Identify the fundamental concepts of UDL and how UDL eliminates barriers in online learning environments.
Discuss strategies for obtaining buy-in for UDL and inclusive design.
Reflect on your own online course and (re)design an element using the principles of UDL.