Reaching out to all: a set of guidelines and resources for a universal design for learning approach to learning, teaching and assessment in higher education

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Catherine O'Donoghue

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TUS

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Education

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Accessibility and Inclusion

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With funding for a learning enhancement project from the National Forum for Learning and Teaching Enhancement, this guide and associated resources have been developed to support staff in higher education to understand and apply the principles of UDL to create and deliver a more inclusive curriculum and approach to learning and teaching.

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This document provides a brief explanation of the theory of the UDL framework, identifying the potential benefits of a UDL approach in the HE sector. This is supported by examples of UDL in practice, including guidelines for creating UDL text documents, presentations and VLE. There are also simple suggestions for getting started with a UDL approach for use by staff and students.

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O'Donoghue, C. (2024). Reaching out to all: a set of guidelines and resources for a universal design for learning approach to learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/reaching-out-to-all-a-set-of-guidelines-and-resources-for-a-universal-design-for-learning-approach-to-learning-teaching-and-assessment-in-higher-education/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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