The Universal Design Language (UDL) curriculum design and development framework aims to provide all students with equal opportunities and access to learning and learning environments. To achieve this, UDL follows three main principles:
- Different means of representation – providing learners with various ways to acquire knowledge and information. In this scenario, the same material is taught in different ways to make it possible for all types of learners to access and understand what is taught.
- Different means of expression – providing students multiple alternatives to demonstrate their learning. Students are allowed to choose different methods, like building a model or writing an essay, to demonstrate what they have learned and understood.
- Different means of engagement – offering learners pertinent challenges, bringing out their interests, and increasing motivation. Using educational tools, allowing students to watch videos, introducing new learning games, and more to engage students in a remote classroom.
A universal benefit of UDL is that it addresses the major obstruction to learning – a traditional one-size-fits-all curriculum. Instead, UDL provides instructors the ability to meet the learning needs of a diversified student group.
