Learn More about Universal Design for Learning
Selected Resources

General Information

What is Universal Design for Learning? (CAST)
Text: http://www.cast.org/research/udl/index.html
Video: http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/window.php?src=videos

National Universal Design for Learning Task Force Fact Sheet
http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/UDL/faqs.shtml

Frequently Asked Questions (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/research/faq/index.html

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/version1.html

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Graphic Organizer (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/UDL_Guidelines_v1.0-Organizer.pdf

Universal Design for Learning Checklist (CAST)
http://cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/UDL_Checkpoints_6.3.08.doc

Toolkit on Universal Design for Learning (U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs)
http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/UDL/index.asp

UDL Resources (K8Access Center/American Institutes of Research)
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/universal-design

UDL Fact Sheet (Ohio State)
http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/fastfactcolor/Universal.pdf

A Parent's Guide to Universal Design for Learning (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
http://www.ncld.org/images/stories/downloads/advocacy/advocates_guide/parentsguide-udl.pdf

Universal Design for Learning in Early Childhood (Building Inclusive Child Care Project (BICC))
Child Care Online Video spotlighting inclusive practices and Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning Checklist and Questions

Books

Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning.
By David H. Rose & Anne Meyer. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Full-text digital edition: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
Audio (MP3) overview: http://www.cast.org/audio/TESpodcast.mp3
Multi-resource website http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/

Universal Design for Learning (2005). By the Council for Exceptional Children. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and Digital Technologies (2005). Edited by David H. Rose, Anne Meyer, & Chuck Hitchcock. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning. Edited by David H. Rose & Anne Meyer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2006.

Teacher Resources/Professional Development

UDL Toolkits—Free online resource helps educators create UDL-based understand and apply UDL principles in classrooms and/or to train others in UDL. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=61

CAST UDL Lesson Builder—Free online resource helps educators create UDL-based lessons http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/

UDL Book Builder—Free online resource helps educators develop digital books with rich learning supports http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

UDL Trainings—Professional development offerings from
CAST: http://www.cast.org/pd/index.html
Harvard University: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12/programs/ude.html
Don Johnston, Inc.: http://www.donjohnston.com/prof_services/UDL.html

Selected State/District Initiatives

Universal Design for Learning: Four State Initiatives (Project Forum @ NASDSE)
http://www.projectforum.org/docs/udl.pdf

Universal Design for Learning: Implementation in Six Local Education Agencies (Project Forum @ NASDSE)
http://projectforum.org/docs/UDLImplementationinSixLEAs.pdf

Indiana -- http://www.patinsproject.com/universal_design_for_learning_project.htm

Kentucky -- http://kysig.louisville.edu/udl/

Louisiana -- http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/lcet/399.html

Massachusetts -- http://madoe.cast.org/

New York -- http://www.trecenter.org/

Selected University Initiatives

University of Maine
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/projects/ee-udl/default.htm

University of Washington—DO-IT Project
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/udesign.html

Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/RDS/facinfo/facinfod.htm

University of Connecticut—Universal Design of Instruction
http://www.facultyware.uconn.edu/home.cfm

Selected Products with UDL Features

Thinking Reader
WiggleWorks
Read 180
Kurzweil 3000
AspireReader

Articles

Abell, M. & Lewis, P. (2005) Universal Design for Learning: A statewide improvement model for academic success. Information Technology and Disabilities (Vol. XI No. 1) http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv11n1/abell.htm

Avery C., Johnstone, C., & Milligan, C., (2005). Using universal design to unlock the potential for academic achievement of at-risk learners. Teaching Exceptional Children, 38(2), (22-31)

Axelson, M. (2005) Maximizing the effectiveness of online accountability: Assessments for students with disabilities. Research brief. Charleston, WV: Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia. Retrieved online at http://www.edvantia.org/publications/pdf/PBAssessment.pdf

Firchow, N. (2005) Universal Design for Learning: Improved access for all. Published online by SchwabLearning.org http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=490

Gordon, D. T. (2002). Curriculum access in the digital age. Harvard Education Letter 18(1):1-5.

Harac, L. (2004, October). A level playing field. Teacher Magazine, XVI(2), 40-45. Online at (online access requires registration).

Hitchcock, C., Meyer, A. et al. (2002). Providing new access to the general education curriculum. Teaching Exceptional Children 35(2): 8-17.

International/StepbyStep/Providing%20New%20Access%20-%20VOL.35NO.2NOVDEC2002%20TEC.pdf

Howard, J. B. (2003). Universal Design for Learning: An essential concept for teacher education. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education 19(4): 113-118.

Howard, K.L. (2004, February). Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the needs of all students. Learning and Leading with Technology, 31 (5), 26-29. Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Students

Jackson, R. (2005). Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of Universal Design for Learning. Wakefield, MA: National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum. http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_lowinc.html

Johnstone, C. J., Altman, J., & Thurlow, M. (2006). A state guide to the development of universally designed assessments. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, National Center on Educational Outcomes.

McGuire, J.M., Scott, S.S., & Shaw, S.F. (2006). Universal design and its applications in educational environments. Remedial and Special Education, 27 (3), 166-175.

Meo, G. (2005). Curriculum access for all: Universal Design for Learning. Harvard Education Letter 21 (5).

Meyer, A. & Rose, D.H. (2005) The future is in the margins: The role of technology and disability in educational reform. In Rose, D.H., Meyer, A. & Hitchcock, C. The universally designed classroom: Accessible curriculum and digital technologies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Muller, E. & Tschantz, J. (2003). Universal Design for Learning: Four state initiatives. Alexandria VA: NASDSE Project Forum
http://www.projectforum.org/docs/udl.pdf

Rose, D., Hasselbring, T. S. et al. (2005). Assistive technology and Universal Design for Learning: two sides of the same coin. In D. Edyburn et al (Eds). Handbook of special education technology research and practice. Whitefish Bay, WI: Knowledge by Design: 549-569.

Sabia, R. (2008) Univeral design for learning and meaningful access to the curriculum. TASH Connections. 14-21
http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/UDL/UDL_TASH_Connections.pdf

Shaw, A. (2006). Universal design and access for learning: Beyond the sidewalk. Exceptional Parent. 36 (5): 40-44.

Strangman, N., Hitchcock, C., Hall, T., Meo, G. & Coyne, P. (2006) Response-to-Instruction and Universal Design for Learning. Washington, DC: K8 Access Center/American Institutes of Research. http://www.k8accesscenter.org/documents/RTIandUDLFinal.2.doc#navigate

Van Garderen, D., & Whittaker, C. (2006). Planning differentiated, multicultural instruction for secondary inclusive classrooms. Teaching Exceptional Children, 38(3), 12-20.