Learn More about Universal Design for Learning

Selected Resources
General Information
1. What is Universal Design for Learning? (CAST)
Text: http://www.cast.org/research/udl/index.html
Video: http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/window.php?src=videos
2. Frequently Asked Questions (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/research/faq/index.html
3. Universal Design for Learning: Four State Initiatives (NASDSE)
http://www.nasdse.org/publications/udl.pdf
4. UDL Resources (K8Access Center/American Institutes of Research)
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/universal-design/
5. UDL Fact Sheet (Ohio State)
http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/fastfactcolor/Universal.pdf

Books
1. Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning.
By David H. Rose & Anne Meyer. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Full-text digital edition: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
Audio (MP3) overview: http://www.cast.org/audio/TESpodcast.mp3
Multi-resource website http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/
2. Universal Design for Learning (2005). By the Council for Exceptional Children. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
3. The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and Digital
Technologies (2005). Edited by David H. Rose, Anne Meyer, & Chuck Hitchcock.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
4. A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning. Edited by David H. Rose &
Anne Meyer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2006.
Teacher Resources/Professional Development
1. UDL ToolkitsFree online resource helps educators create UDL-based understand
and apply UDL principles in classrooms and/or to train others in UDL.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=61

2. CAST UDL Lesson BuilderFree online resource helps educators create UDL-based
lessons http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/
3. UDL Book BuilderFree online resource helps educators develop digital books with
rich learning supports http://bookbuilder.cast.org/
4. UDL TrainingsProfessional development offerings from
CAST: http://www.cast.org/pd/index.html
Harvard University: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12/programs/ude.html
Don Johnston, Inc.: http://www.donjohnston.com/prof_services/UDL.html
Selected State/District Initiatives
1. Indiana -- http://www.patinsproject.com/universal_design_for_learning_project.htm
2. Kentucky -- http://kysig.louisville.edu/udl/
3. Louisiana -- http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/lcet/399.html
4. Massachusetts -- http://madoe.cast.org/
5. New York -- http://www.trecenter.org/
Selected University Initiatives
1. University of Maine
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/projects/ee-udl/default.htm
2. University of WashingtonDO-IT Project
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/udesign.html
3. Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/RDS/facinfo/facinfod.htm
4. University of ConnecticutUniversal Design of Instruction
http://www.facultyware.uconn.edu/home.cfm
Selected Products with UDL Features
1. Thinking Reader
2. WiggleWorks
3. Read 180
4. Kurzweil 3000
5. AspireReader
Articles
Abell, M. & Lewis, P. (2005) Universal Design for Learning: A statewide improvement
model for academic success. Information Technology and Disabilities (Vol. XI No. 1)
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv11n1/abell.htm

Avery C., Johnstone, C., & Milligan, C., (2005). Using universal design to unlock the
potential for academic achievement of at-risk learners. Teaching Exceptional Children,
38(2), (22-31)
Axelson, M. (2005) Maximizing the effectiveness of online accountability: Assessments
for students with disabilities. Research brief. Charleston, WV: Appalachia Educational
Laboratory at Edvantia. Retrieved online at
http://www.edvantia.org/publications/pdf/PBAssessment.pdf
Firchow, N. (2005) Universal Design for Learning: Improved access for all. Published
online by SchwabLearning.org http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=490
Gordon, D. T. (2002). Curriculum access in the digital age. Harvard Education Letter
18(1):1-5.
Harac, L. (2004, October). A level playing field. Teacher Magazine, XVI(2), 40-45.
Online at (online access requires registration).
Hitchcock, C., Meyer, A. et al. (2002). Providing new access to the general education
curriculum. Teaching Exceptional Children 35(2): 8-17.
http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/AboutCEC/International/StepbyStep/
Providing%20New%20Access%20-%20VOL.35NO.2NOVDEC2002%20TEC.pdf
Howard, J. B. (2003). Universal Design for Learning: An essential concept for teacher
education. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education 19(4): 113-118.
Howard, K.L. (2004, February). Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the needs of all
students. Learning and Leading with Technology, 31 (5), 26-29. Universal Design for
Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Students
Jackson, R. (2005). Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities:
The Promise of Universal Design for Learning. Wakefield, MA: National Center on
Accessing the General Curriculum.
http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_lowinc.html
Johnstone, C. J., Altman, J., & Thurlow, M. (2006). A state guide to the development of
universally designed assessments. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, National
Center on Educational Outcomes.
McGuire, J.M., Scott, S.S., & Shaw, S.F. (2006). Universal design and its applications in
educational environments. Remedial and Special Education, 27 (3), 166-175.
Meo, G. (2005). Curriculum access for all: Universal Design for Learning. Harvard
Education Letter 21 (5).

Meyer, A. & Rose, D.H. (2005) The future is in the margins: The role of technology and
disability in educational reform. In Rose, D.H., Meyer, A. & Hitchcock, C. The universally
designed classroom: Accessible curriculum and digital technologies. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard Education Press.
Muller, E. & Tschantz, J. (2003). Universal Design for Learning: Four state initiatives.
Alexandria VA: NASDSE Project Forum
Rose, D., Hasselbring, T. S. et al. (2005). Assistive technology and Universal Design for
Learning: two sides of the same coin. In D. Edyburn et al (Eds). Handbook of special
education technology research and practice. Whitefish Bay, WI: Knowledge by Design:
549-569.
Shaw, A. (2006). Universal design and access for learning: Beyond the sidewalk.
Exceptional Parent. 36 (5): 40-44.
Strangman, N., Hitchcock, C., Hall, T., Meo, G. & Coyne, P. (2006) Response-toInstruction and Universal Design for Learning. Washington, DC: K8 Access
Center/American Institutes of Research.
http://www.k8accesscenter.org/documents/RTIandUDLFinal.2.doc#navigate
Van Garderen, D., & Whittaker, C. (2006). Planning differentiated, multicultural
instruction for secondary inclusive classrooms. Teaching Exceptional Children, 38(3),
12-20.