UDL Resources for You to Explore

Welcome to the resources  page for the National Teaching and Learning Forum digital badge on Universal Design for Learning. The content for this digital badge was created by AHEAD and UCD Access & Lifelong Learning.  These resources are not a mandatory part of this course, rather so extra material for you to explore during or after the course if you are interested.

Recommended Reading

Creating Accessible Documents

One of the 3 key principles of UDL is to provide multiple means of representation. An important factor in adhering to this principle, is to ensure that when you provide notes and other documents, they are in an accessible format that students can access, and adapt to suit their own needs. As an exmaple if you provide notes in an accessible word file, students can change the fonts, text etc. themselves and even have the documents read aloud using technology, meaning they can access multiple representations themselves from a single well designed document.

UCD Publications

Unlocking Inclusion Toolkit for Universal Design in Higher Education

Inclusive Assessment & Feedback: Universal Design Case Studies from IADT and UCD

Universal Design for Curriculum Design - Case Studies from A Range of Disciplines

AHEAD Publications and Free Short Courses

UDL for FET Guidelines and Resource Hub

This resource hub hosts guidance, tools and resources for Further Education and Training (FET) staff seeking to learn about and apply the principles of universal design for learning (UDL), an educational framework which supports practitioners to reach and teach all of their learners and reduce barriers to learning in the design and delivery of their programmes.  While the guidance and tools have been created/curated for FET staff they are useful for practitioners seeking to implement UDL in all educational settings.

AHEAD’s ARK Courses (approx 2 hours of learner effort)

The ARK course ecosystem offers a range of free, online, on-demand and self-directed short courses in digital accessibility, universal design for learning, and disability inclusion.

Recommended Listening

The Think UDL Podcast by Lillian Nave - FE/HE focused UDL podcast - search for it wherever you get your podcasts.

The UDL in 15 Minutes Podcast by Loui Lord Nelson - covers UDL at all levels of education - search for it wherever you get your podcasts.