The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework developed by CAST to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.

Learners must be able to bring their authentic selves to the learning environment and find connections to what matters most in their lives. The UDL framework emphasizes the idea of learner variability, and learners’ multiple and intersecting identities are an essential layer of fully recognizing the notion of learner variability.

The first two versions of the UDL Guidelines (versions 1.0 and 2.0) presented the UDL principles in the following order: Provide Multiple Means of Representation, Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression, and Provide Multiple Means of Engagement.

The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.

The current version of the UDL Guidelines, version 3.0, builds upon, updates, and expands the previous research base to include a greater diversity of perspectives and research from the areas of sociocultural perspectives on learning, disability studies, and asset-based pedagogies.

The goal of UDL is learner agency that is purposeful & reflective, resourceful & authentic, strategic & action-oriented. Design Multiple Means of Engagement Access

Version 2.2 was released in 2018 as part of the launch of CAST’s UDL Guidelines website, a comprehensive resource dedicated to sharing information about the UDL Guidelines. Several structural changes were made to the graphic organizer to better support educators and other practitioners who were new to UDL.

UDL Guidelines The goal of UDL is learner agency that is purposeful & reflective, resourceful & authentic, strategic & action-oriented. Design Multiple Means of Engagement

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines I. Provide Multiple Means of Representation 1: Provide options for perception 1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of information 1.2 Offer alternatives for auditory information 1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information 4: Provide options for physical action 4.1 Vary the methods for response and ...

The UDL Guidelines consist of 9 guidelines and 36 associated considerations. The Guidelines were developed to support educators across contexts — early childhood, primary, secondary, postsecondary, higher education, afterschool, workforce, etc. — …