_{The UDL Framework & Graphic Organizer}

The UDL guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions for applying the to UDL principles practice and help ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.

These UDL Guidelines are oftentimes arranged into a graphic organizer with both horizontal and vertical categories.

Vertically: Guidelines are organized according to the three principles of UDL: engagement, representation, and action and expression.

UDL Guidelines

Horizontally: Guidelines are organized according to the actions to take for each principle.
- The "Access" Row: Includes the guidelines that suggest ways to increase access to the learning goal by recruiting interest and by offering options for perception and physical action.
- The "Build" Row: Includes the guidelines that suggest ways to develop effort and persistence, language and symbols, and expression and communication.Finally, the “internalize” row includes the guidelines that suggest ways to empower learners through self-regulation, comprehension, and executive function.
- The "Internalize" Row: Includes the guidelines that suggest ways to empower learners through self-regulation, comprehension, and executive function.
- The "Goal" Row: When combined, the goal of vertical and horizontal guidelines are illustrated in the last "goal" row. The ultimate goal of UDL is to develop expert learners who are, each in their own way, resourceful and knowledgeable, strategic and goal-directed, purposeful and motivated.

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_{The Graphic Organizer}

In full, each guideline and action is combined into the what's called the UDL graphic organizer.

This organizer is not meant to be a “prescription”, but a set of suggestions that can be applied to reduce barriers and maximize learning opportunities for all learners. The suggestions can be mixed and matched according to specific learning goals and can be applied to particular content areas and contexts.

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_Read

There are potentially limitless ways to use the graphic organizer to put the UDL Principles into practice. Read the examples listed from this resource that outlines suggestion of ways to apply the principles:

READ: UDL Guidelines Examples

_Assignment

Let's practice brainstorming methods and strategies to apply the guidelines.

Before moving on, complete the UDL graphic organizer assignment linked below.

ASSIGNMENT: Applying Principles to the UDL Organizer Framework