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With the growing diversity of higher education students, do you ever wonder if you are meeting the needs of all your students? Could there be barriers that you are unaware of that make it difficult for some of your students to reach your learning goals? How can you create a curriculum that challenges and engages all your students?

This workshop will introduce participants to universal design for learning (UDL). Recognizing that diversity is the norm and not the exception, UDL considers the needs of the broadest possible range of users from the initial phases of course development through the implementation and assessment of learning goals. UDL strives to minimize barriers and maximize learning for all students.

Workshop participants will learn how to use the principles of UDL to eliminate barriers and create flexible learning paths to accommodate the interests and needs of all students. Creating flexible learning paths doesn’t mean creating a different curriculum for each student or making a course less rigorous. Participants will learn how to implement UDL principles to create an environment where information is displayed in a variety of ways, student engagement and perseverance are fostered, and students have the flexibility to demonstrate mastery in multiple ways. Most workshop strategies apply to both traditional and blended learning environments.

The workshop will be held Wednesday, April 1, at 1:00 p.m. and repeated Thursday, April 2, at 12:30 p.m. Both workshops will be held in Bulger Communication Center 120.

Register for the April 1 workshop.

Register for the April 2 workshop.