Upgrade your instruction

The UDL Guide for Community Colleges is a research-based guide that helps community college educators design instruction to boost engagement, deliver content clearly, and expand student expression.

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Learning is for everyone

Universal Design for Learning improves and optimizes teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn

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"The guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities."

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

The Approach

The Universal Design of Learning approaches learning environments through three lenses:

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Engagement

Learners need multiple ways to be engaged with the material. 

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Representation

Learners need multiple ways to perceive information.

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Action & Expression

Learners need multiple ways to express what they know.