Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people without the need for adaptation or specialized design. It can be applied to teaching by having teachers identify variations in students' skills, learning styles, and disabilities in order to create lesson plans that accommodate all students. The principles of universal design include being fair, flexible, simple, providing perceptible information, tolerating error, and requiring low physical effort. A universal design classroom has a welcoming atmosphere, is free of stereotypes, and has approachable and available instructors.

1. Adam Morrisey
EDP 279
2/13/2013

2. WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN?
Center For Universal Design- “Is the
design of products and environment
to be usable by all people, to the
greatest extent possible”

3. APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING
 No more average student method
 Teachers identify variations in skill, learning
styles, disabilities, etc. in order to formulate a
lesson plan that will accommodate all
students
 Focus on integration and student
involvement

4. PRINCIPALS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN
 Fair and impartial
 Flexible
 Simple
 Perceptible information
 Tolerance for error
 Low physical effort

5. QUALITIES OF A UD CLASSROOM
 Welcoming Atmosphere
 Stereotype free
 Approachable and available instructors