Universal design aims to help all students learn universally by designing flexible lessons that provide multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement. This is done through careful analysis of how each student learns differently and ensuring they are involved and understanding the material. The principles of universal design include presenting information through multiple means, allowing for varied expression of knowledge, and engaging students in meaningful ways. Key components are goals, materials, teaching methods, and assessment.

1. Universal Design
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What is universal
design?
 What teachers do to design a certain kind of
learning that will help all students, universally
 Making sure everyone is a successful learner!
 Everyone becomes an expert learning!
 All students know an abundance of information,
can do a lot, and love what they are learning
 Design is based on the ability of the teacher to
be flexible which their methods, and allow
choices and different ways presenting their
lessons

3. What we need to look at
The careful analysis of what learning really is:
 How does the learner pick up the information?
 Teachers needs to pay attention to how each student reacts
to information differently, and provide ways for all students
universally to learn
 How do they express an act on that information?
 How the students react to what is being taught, and how it is
being taught
 How were they engaged by the learning situation?
 Making sure the students were involved in what they were
learning, and were enjoying it and understanding the
material
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4. The Principles to
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 How the teacher presents information to the
students
 multiple means of representation
 Giving multiple means of action and expression
 students vary in how they express what they know
 Multiple means of engagement
 if we don’t engage students and make it important to
them then the other principles will not seem important
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Main Components
• What are the goals
• What is the teacher looking to get across
 What are the materials that will be in the
classroom
 What materials the teacher will use during the
lesson
 The methods
 how will the teacher go about teaching when
helping the students learn
 groups, lecture, world experience, etc.
 Assessment
 making sure learning is actually occurring