Pac Rim 2009 Info
Teach to Reach: Universal Design for Learning
Transforming Environment, Attitude, & Learning Through Universal Design
Universal Design (UD) is becoming a familiar concept, but what does Universal Design encompass? How far can we take the concept of Universal Design? “Transforming Environment, Attitude, & Learning through Universal Design” will focus on research, hands-on workshops, and demonstrations that go beyond the basic concepts of UD and looking at the way UD impacts the way people interact with one another and new technologies. It will feature noted speakers, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and poster display/presentations and an exploration of what it means to live and learn in a Universally Designed society.
How can you design instruction that increases academic achievement for all students, including students with disabilities? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework with three guiding principles which reflect how students take in and process information. Some presentations have addressed evidence-based practices which correlate to one or more of the following UDL principles:
- Multiple and Flexible Methods of Presentation (giving students various ways to acquire new information)
- Multiple and Flexible Means of Student Engagement (supporting active learning through academically-focused discourse)
- Multiple and Varied Means of Expression (providing alternatives for students to demonstrate understanding)
Presentations include:
- Connecting the dots: a platform for online learning
- The Making of Accessible Electronic Textbooks and Braille for Students
- Community-based learning and universal access: Necessities for student success
- Accessing the General Curriculum for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities in the Pacific
- Pacific CIMAP & Bookshare.org: A Partnership for Crafting and Transforming Accessible Formats in the Pacific
- Improving employment potential: Evaluating and improving oral reading fluency for students with visual impairments within a Response to Intervention framework
- From Principle to Practice: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the College Classroom
- Challenges: Training Initiatives in Rural Alaska and implications for other rural/remote programs
- Increasing learning outcomes of children with Asperger’s Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD) by utilizing their learning style preferences
- College Access Project for Rural Alaska: Universal Design Strategies
- Resources for Effective Practice in Classrooms
- Response to intervention (RTI) in an inclusive system
- Simple Accommodations Used By Beginning Teachers for Including Students With Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
- Collaborative Walkthroughs: Guidelines for Doing it Right
- Hip-Hop Educational Literacy Program (H.E.L.P.)
For more information, please visit http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/submissions/ or contact the topic leaders: Norma Jean Stodden nstodden@hawaii.edu or Jeanne Bauwens bauwens@hawaii.edu. For general information, contact prinfo@hawaii.edu or call 808 956-7539.
