ERIC Number: ED506547
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug-5
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, Guidelines, and Examples.
Burgstahler, Sheryl
DO-IT
Precollege and college students come from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. For some, English is not their first language. Also represented in most classes are students with a diversity of ages and learning styles, including visual and auditory. In addition, increasing numbers of students with disabilities are included in regular precollege and postsecondary courses. Their disabilities include blindness, low vision, hearing impairments, mobility impairments, learning disabilities, and health impairments. Students are in school to learn and instructors share this goal. How can educators design instruction to maximize the learning of all students? The field of universal design (UD) can provide a starting point for developing a framework for instruction. You can apply this body of knowledge to create courses that ensure lectures, discussions, visual aids, videos, printed materials, labs, and fieldwork are accessible to all students. (Contains 15 resources.)
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Learning Disabilities, Hearing Impairments, Visual Aids, Access to Education, College Students, Higher Education, Cognitive Style, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Science Education, Technology Education, Engineering Education, Mathematics Education
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Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: University of Washington, DO-IT
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