Session 1: General Principles and Practices of UDL

Our first meeting was held Wednesday, March 9th between 3:00PM and 5:00PM.

Participants were ask to complete the following online assessment survey (THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REGISTRATION FORM YOU ALREADY COMPLETED): http://bit.ly/1QvU5xQ 

Introduction and agenda for  the first meeting by Michael Siller

Antonia Levy (Office of Faculty Development, CUNY School of Professional Studies) started off the session with a general introduction on the principles and practices of Universal Design.
Antonia Levy's presentation

Assignments for this session 

a) Read the attached book chapter from Sheryl Burgstahler’s book entitled “Universal Design in Higher Education”
b) Please bring the syllabus of one of your courses to this meeting.

c) Review the following two websites:

- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST): http://www.cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.VtdBthg42LM [This site includes a nice introductory video]

- National Center on Universal Design for Learning (UDL): http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines [This site includes a great overview of UDL guidelines]

During this TLC, participants were asked to come up with one specific ‘learning outcome’ from  one of their courses, and redesign their teaching methods to be consistent with the principles and practices of Universal Design. To facilitate their selection of appropriate learning outcomes, Meredith Reitman (Hunter’s Director of Assessment) was invited to present on this topic.
Meredith Reitman's presentation

Suggested reading materials.

Dolmage Universal Design Ideas
UDL Handout -Levy and Castiglione
Dolmage UD Places to start

Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Best wishes, Michael