Universal Design for Learning Pilot Program
A PATINS Project statewide initiativeSince 2003, the PATINS Project has assisted 52 Indiana schools in implementing Universal Design
for Learning (UDL) principles to the area of literacy/math in their classrooms. Each selected school,
referred to as a pilot site, is committed to a three year partnership with PATINS, creating an action
plan with UDL framework using supportive technology, developing appropriate tools for data
collection, and assessing the effectiveness of their projects on their students.
Click here to see a listing of the current pilot sites. You will find the team's contact information and their lesson plans here as well. These lesson plans are examples of the efforts of a variety of schools to make changes in the presentation of their curriculum in accordance with the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Implementing UDL is a learning process and these lesson plans reflect the continuum of that process.
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Please follow the link below to read about Project Forum's findings on UDL!
Universal Design for Learning: Policy Challenges and RecommendationsKim M. Sopko, Ed.D.April 1, 2009
This policy forum proceedings document provides an introduction that includes federal education regulatory language for universal design for learning (UDL). It summarizes panel presentations from the higher education, state-level, local-level and national-level perspectives. Throughout the panel and during the subsequent group discussions, several suggestions and proposed strategies to improve policy to impact implementation of UDL were given by participants. These are summarized
Click here to read the article.
Click here to see a listing of previous UDL pilot sites that have successfully completed our three year program. Their UDL Lesson Plans can be found here as well. These lesson plans are examples of the efforts of a variety of schools to make changes in the presentation of their curriculum in accordance with the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Implementing UDL is a learning process and these lesson plans reflect the continuum of that process.
Click here for pictures from the 2009 UDL Collaboration Day
Click below for pictures from the 2010 UDL Collaboration Day
Click below for pictures from the 2010 West Noble School Corporation UDL Training Day
PATINS UDL Brochure
PATINS UDL Online Book Review
UDL Team Blog
This is the place to ask questions, share ideas, etc.
UDL Lesson Template*
*Property of the PATINS Project.
Permission to copy or modify is granted if rights are maintained.
Daniel McNulty's UDL Interview with Teach with Tech
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
This is the link to the book “Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age, Universal Design for Learning” by David H. Rose and Anne Meyer.
http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/
This is the link to CAST's UDL Lesson Builder where you can learn about UDL, explore UDL lessons, and create your own lessons.
http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/version1.html
This is the link to CAST's Universal Design for
Learning Guidelines version 1.0
This is the link to PACER's Simon Technology Center. They have an online training "Universally Designed Technology in Schools".
This course is free and available to anyone
