Universal Design and Education aims to make education usable by all people through inclusive instructional practices. The document discusses Universal Design, which is both a goal and process to create accessible environments for all. It also outlines the key principles of Universal Design, which include equitable use, flexibility, perceptible information, and tolerance for error. The document recommends applying these principles to all aspects of instruction through Universal Design for Instruction. This includes ensuring classrooms and materials are accessible, using multiple teaching methods and assessment types, providing accommodations, and creating a welcoming environment for all students.

1. Universal Design and Education

2. What is Universal Design?
A goal and a process that can be applied to the
design of any product or environment that can
be usable by all people

3. The Process of Universal
Design
• The process includes identifying
the application, defining the
universe, involving the
consumers, adopting standards
and applying them, planning for
accommodations, training and
support and evaluation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=6rh6WfSm9CE

4. What are the principles of Universal
Design?
• The principles include equitable use, flexibility
in use, simple and intuitive, perceptible
information, tolerance for error, low physical
effort, size and space for approach and use

5. How can Universal Design be used in
Education?
• Universal design can be used and thought of
as Universal Design of Instruction
• The goal of UDI is to maximize the learning of
students with a wide range of characteristics
and ways that they learn by applying UD
principles to all aspects of instruction

6. Class Climate
• It is important to create a friendly and safe
environment for students to learn
• Welcome everyone
• Be approachable
• Motivate all students
• Address individual needs

7. Interaction
• Encourage cooperative learning and
interaction among students

8. Physical Environments and Products
• Ensure that classrooms, activities, materials, and
equipment are physically accessible to and safely
usable by all students

9. Delivery Method
• In order to incorporate universal design, you must
multiple, instructional methods suited for all learners
• Select flexible curriculum
• Make content relevant
• Provide multiple ways to gain knowledge

10. Information Resources and Technology
and Feedback
• Provide materials that are suitable for the content that is
taught and what will be learned-understand that not
everyone learns the same so there are different reading
levels, materials, resources, etc.
• Provide feedback always

11. Assessment
• Regularly assess student progress using multiple methods and
tools, and based on assessment teachers can adjust
instruction accordingly
• Use different ways to students other than standardized testing

12. Accommodation
• Plan for accommodations for students whose
needs are not met by the instructional design
• A great example of this accommodating lesson
plans for an ELL (English Language Learner) so
that they can gain the same kind of learning as
native speakers of the language

13. All of these are examples of
Intructional Design in Education and
UDI practices

14. Sources used:
• Youtube
• Pinterest
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Acade
mics/equal_access_udi.html
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Acade
mics/instruction.html
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Progra
ms/ud.html
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/CUDE/inst_sec.ht
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