Universal+Design+for+Learning+(UDL)

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UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs. Individuals bring a huge variety of skills, needs, and interests to learning. Neuroscience reveals that these differences are as varied and unique as our DNA or fingerprints. Three primary brain networks come into play:
 * What is Universal Design for Learning? **
 * Universal Design for Learning **is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.
 * Why is UDL necessary? **



The "what" of learning ||= **Strategic Networks ** The "how" of learning ||= **Affective Networks ** The "why" of learning || hear, and read. Identifying letters, words, or an author's style are recognition tasks. || Planning and performing tasks. How we organize and express our ideas. Writing an essay or solving a math <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">problem are strategic tasks. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">How learners get engaged and stay motivated. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">How they are challenged, excited, or interested. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">These are affective dimensions. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Multiple Means of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Representation ||= <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">More ways to provide <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Multiple Means of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Action and Expression ||= <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">More ways to provide <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Multiple Means of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Engagement ||
 * = **<span style="color: #9a1d84; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Recognition Networks **
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">How we gather facts and categorize what we see,
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Present information and content in different ways || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Differentiate the ways that students can express what they know || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Stimulate interest and motivation for learning ||
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