This talk will introduce participants to the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework as a tool to design instruction and curricula that support variation in learners’ needs, abilities, and interests. The UDL guidelines emphasize providing support and options for how students receive information (representation), demonstrate their understanding (action and expression), and engage with the content (engagement). Attendees will have the opportunity to: 1) reflect on their role in designing instruction that supports learner variability; and 2) practice applying the UDL guidelines to identify barriers in the learning environment and to design options and supports in sample written curricula and instructional scenarios.

About the speaker:

Erin Scanlon is Associate Professor in Residence at the Avery Point campus of the University of Connecticut in the Department of Physics conducting physics with a focus on disability in the sciences and moving the physics communities toward being more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and socially just.