Universal Design for Learning & ‘Multiple Means of Representation’

In order to learn, students (like all of us) must have their needs around how information is presented met. This means including options for:

• Perception (how info is displayed, alternatives for visual or auditory representation of info, offering multiple illustrations instead of just one),
• Clarification and support for symbols and language that needs some level of translation
• How they comprehend and internalize information, so it can become usable knowledge

By the end of this workshop, we hope participants will be more able to:

• Characterize what Universal Design for Learning, representation, & checkpoints are & why they're used​
• Identify the role representation plays in learning (including as a barrier to it)​
• Use concepts of a) revisiting learning objectives & b) “plus one” thinking to select an area to apply additional representation options to

Join us via Zoom to learn more about how you might anticipate and meet these student needs, identify one or two changes you’d like to make to how you represent materials, and come away with some concrete next steps in making those changes. We also welcome challenges you've been wrestling with that you'd like to co-think about!

This session is led by Faculty Consultant Laurel Bastian and offers expertise from AEC Accessible Technology Manager Sheen Hua, the UO staff who frequently responds to the trickiest representation-related challenges for instructors and students.