Universal Design for Learning

CAST: 9th Annual CAST UDL Symposium: Through the Lens of UDL

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I am beyond excited to be a part of a team of fabulous women who are presenting at the CAST: 9th Annual CAST UDL Symposium: Through the Lens of UDL.

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 we will be virtually presenting our session:
ChatGPT: A Tool for Inclusive UDL and Culturally Responsive Instruction. 
Joan Giovannini, Marisha Marks, Jennifer Wallace and I will be walking our audience through an approach to using ChatGPT to explore UDL and Culturally Responsive Instruction solutions for faculty, staff or administrators.  Shout out to Jessica Egan who was a vital contributor to our research.

Here is our abstract: Technology continues to emerge in ways we may not have experienced. As UDL advocates and intentional course designers, our session aims at exploring the benefits and concerns of implementing ChatGPT to support faculty in designing instruction using Universal Design for Learning [UDL] and culturally responsive instruction. This session will be a collaborative presentation representing faculty and instructional design experts from two community college Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI).  This highly interactive session will investigate limitations for students with disabilities, solutions for aligning activities using this tool to a UDL framework, and possibilities for expanding the use into curricular design processes with an eye for culturally relevant pedagogy.  

Universal Design for Learning

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UDL

To meet Universal Design principles, educational processes should:
1.    Be accessible and fair.
2.    Provide flexibility in use, participation, and presentation.
3.    Be straightforward and consistent.
4.    Be explicitly presented and readily perceived.
5.    Provide a supportive learning environment.
6.    Minimize unnecessary physical effort or requirements.
7.    Ensure a learning space that accommodates both students and instructional methods.

The beneficiaries of Universal Design in education include:
•    Students with special needs, including those with disabilities.
•    Students with English as a second language.
•    The general population of students, all of whom will benefit from the application of Universal Design principles.

A great slide show by Eleonora Guglielman

E-learning and disability