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Resources on issues of accessibility and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

Varying and Honouring the Methods for Response, Navigation, and Movement in Universal Design for Learning

Varying and honouring the methods for response, navigation, and movement is a universal design for learning (UDL) guideline that supports multiple means of action and expression. The UDL guidelines were developed by an organization called CAST. This article will explore how teachers and other educators can help learners move and respond in ways that work best for them.


Maximizing Transfer and Generalization in Universal Design for Learning

Maximizing transfer and generalization is a universal design for learning (UDL) guideline that supports multiple means of representation. The UDL guidelines were developed by an organization called CAST. This article will explore how teachers and other educators can help a variety of learners transfer and generalize knowledge.

Maximizing transfer and generalization in Universal Design for Learning

Maximizing transfer and generalization means helping learners apply new knowledge to other contexts or situations. Without strategies for applying knowledge, learners may remember lessons, but not use them in new situations.


Cultivating Multiple Ways of Knowing and Making Meaning in Universal Design for Learning

Cultivating multiple ways of knowing and making meaning is a universal design for learning (UDL) guideline that supports multiple means of representation. The UDL guidelines were developed by an organization called CAST. This article will explore how teachers and other educators can help a variety of learners remember and organize information.


Highlighting and Exploring Patterns, Critical Features, Big Ideas, and Relationships in Universal Design for Learning

Highlighting and exploring patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships is a universal design for learning (UDL) guideline that supports multiple means of representation. The UDL guidelines were developed by an organization called CAST. This article will explore how teachers and other educators can help a variety of learners recognize crucial concepts.


Connecting Prior Knowledge to New Learning in Universal Design for Learning

Connecting prior knowledge to new learning is a universal design for learning (UDL) guideline that supports multiple means of representation. The UDL guidelines were developed by an organization called CAST. This article will explore how teachers and other educators can show learners how new information relates to knowledge they already have.