1. UNIVERSAL DESIGN
AND ITS APPLICATION TO EDUCATION

2. PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN
• Goal: To be accessible to the greatest number of
people possible
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Equitable Use
Flexibility in Use
Simple and Intuitive
Perceptible Information
Tolerance for Error
Low Physical Effort
Size and Space for Approach and Use

3. EVERYDAY EXAMPLES

4. UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND EDUCATION
• Break barriers to increase learning in the classroom
• Classrooms are DIVERSE
• Education must be more inclusive
How would you teach
to these students?

6. UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND EDUCATION
CONT.
• Current curriculum teaches to the “middle”
• Create more choices, paths, and better flexibility to
teach above and below the middle
• Multiple representations of concepts
• Learning materials accessible to all students
• Assessments able to be taken by all students