Keynote Addresses: Mirko Chardin shared insights on culturally connected teaching and the role of personal narratives in fostering equity, while Paula Kluth discussed her extensive experience in ...

UDL Guidelines are used to implement Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. This ...

Professional learning communities (PLCs) offer a collaborative approach to professional development in which small groups of educators meet regularly to reflect on instructional planning and practice, ...

Years before I became an educator, when I was still in college, I used to earn money for textbooks and living expenses by tutoring fellow undergraduates. I recall one student in particular, a freshman ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to course and learning-environment design that anticipates student differences rather than reacting to it. Instead of creating a “standard” version ...

In any given classroom, there are invariably learners who simply don’t connect with what’s being taught. Lectures can be easy to tune out. A textbook can feel dense and boring to finish. Even a video ...

Build community while describing and discussing the relationship between elements of UDL and their teaching and learning. Analyze their teaching in relation to the UDL framework. Incorporate elements ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Purdue University is committed to creating a campus that is fully accessible to all and to eliminating discrimination against people with disabilities. Purdue strives to provide all people the ...