Universal Design aims to make products, communications, and environments usable by all people without the need for adaptation or specialized design. It has three main principles: providing multiple means of representation so that all people can understand information; multiple means of action and expression so people can navigate and express themselves in different ways; and multiple means of engagement to motivate people through varied options for participation. Universal Design for Learning specifically applies these principles to education to ensure all students can succeed as learners regardless of disabilities or other factors by reducing barriers in curriculum design.

1. Universal Design
Kelsey Dinges
EDP 279

2. Broad Definition
materials, goods, media , and other things should be
designed to be usable by all people, to the greatest
extend possible, without the need for adaptation or
specialization

3. Universal Design for Learning
Main purpose is to make UDL reduces the
sure that everyone is a disabilities in the
successful learner and
reaches being an “expert curriculum itself so that
learner” more students succeed
For students who have been
marginalized
ELL
Autistic
Gifted

4. 3 Principles for Universal Design
Provide multiple means of
representations
Everyone is able to make
sense of symbols or drawings
Provide multiple means of
action and expression
Students vary greatly in the
way the express things
Provide multiple means of
engagement
Give motivation