TEAL Center Fact Sheet No. 2: Universal Design for Learning 2010

Universal design for learning (UDL) is a set of prin-ciples for designing curriculum that provides all indi-viduals with equal opportunities to learn. UDL is de-signed to serve all learners, regardless of ability, disa-bility, age, gender, or cultural and linguistic back-ground. UDL provides a blueprint for designing goals, methods, materials, and assessments to reach all students including those with diverse needs. Grounded in research of learner differences and effec-tive instructional settings, UDL principles call for va-ried and flexible ways to ● Present or access information, concepts, and ideas (the "what " of learning), ● Plan and execute learning tasks (the "how " of learning), an