2. Inspiration for Universal Design Ronald Mace was an architect that had a vision to create a world that was accessible and useable by all. “He coined the term "universal design" to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life.” http://design.ncsu.edu/alumni-friends/alumni-profiles/ronald-mace
3. Opportunities in Our Physical World A ramp, stairs, and elevators are all ways or products that are designed to get into a building or move from floor to floor within a building. These are all examples of designs that are built in our environment to meet the needs of many people. Each design provides an opportunity for choice.
4. What is Universal Design? Universal Design for Learningis a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs. http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/whatisudl
5. Three Principals of Universal Design Principle 1: To support recognition learning, provide multiple, flexiblemethods of presentation. Instructional examples include: larger, formatted, and highlighted text, chunking, scaffolding, and utilization of supplemental resources. Principle 2: To support strategic learning, provide multiple, flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship. Instructional examples include: alternative keyboards, digital text, and programs that record voices, draw, or write text. Principle 3: To support affective learning, provide multiple, flexible options for engagement. Instructional examples include: digital text, choices of media for interaction, and multimedia presentation programs. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/chapter4_3.cfm
6. Brain ResearchThree Brain Networks “When two students perform the same academic task, the patterns of activity in their brains are as unique as their fingerprints. The uniqueness may not be visible in the overall level of brain activity, but rather lies in the pattern of activation: how the activity is distributed across different brain regions. For this reason, no one measure of brain activity-and no one learning score or variable-differentiates or describes individual learners in any meaningful way.” .“(Rose & Meyer, 2002) Recognition networks are specialized to sense and assign meaning to patterns we see; they enable us to identify and understand information, ideas, and concepts. Strategic networks are specialized to generate and oversee mental and motor patterns. They enable us to plan, execute, and monitor actions and skills. Affective networks are specialized to evaluate patterns and assign them emotional significance; they enable us to engage with tasks and learning and with the world around us. (Rose & Meyer, 2002)
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23. References Rose, D., & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Retrieved from http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/ http://www.cast.org/index.html http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/chapter4_3.cfm http://design.ncsu.edu/alumni-friends/alumni-profiles/ronald-mace http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/whatisudl
