Universal Design for Learning

A framework for designing the learning environment to support learner agency.  According to the CAST website, a learning environment that supports learner agency is comprised of these elements:

• Purposeful – internalized self-efficacy, acting in ways that are personally and socially meaningful.
• Reflective – self-awareness and metacognition to identify internal motivations and external influences that support learning and make adjustments when necessary.
• Resourceful – understanding and applying assets, strengths, resources, and linguistic and cultural capital.
• Authentic – increasing comprehension and deepening understanding in ways that are genuine.
• Strategic – setting goals and monitoring learning with intentionality and planfulness.
• Action-oriented – self-directed and collective action in pursuit of learning goals.

The UDL framework is comprised of three main organizing concepts which are used to design learning activities

1. Multiple means of engagement,
2. Multiple means of representation,
3. Multiple means of action and expression,

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