Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning

by Loui Lord Nelson

Overview

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is the best way to teach all students effectively and break down barriers to learning—but how can busy teachers get started with UDL right now? Find the answers in the second edition of this bestselling, teacher-trusted primer, created by internationally recognized UDL expert Loui Lord Nelson.

Thoroughly updated to reflect new research and developments in the field of UDL, this book gives K–12 teachers a reader-friendly UDL introduction and a practical framework for implementation, with guidelines and checkpoints for designing effective, barrier-free lesson plans and learning environments. You’ll learn how to use the three core principles of UDL—Engagement, Representation, and Action & Expression—to present information in multiple ways and ensure access for all learners. Throughout the book, detailed examples, stories, illustrations, teacher reflections, and activities reinforce UDL principles and help you put them into practice in both virtual and in-person settings.

Written in first person, like a face-to-face talk with a passionate educator, this research-based book will guide you in designing equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning environments that meet the needs of diverse learners. An essential UDL introduction for both preservice and inservice educators!

WHAT’S NEW:

• Key insights from the latest neuroscience research
• Useful stories and practical tips from teachers implementing UDL
• Technology bytes: timely tips and ideas on how to enhance online learning with UDL
• Expert guidance on current topics, including culturally responsive teaching, urban education, and a focus on the expert learner
• “Ponder this” prompts throughout the book to help readers consider new ideas and discover additional resources
• End-of-chapter “check-ins” that help readers apply what they’ve learned

ONLINE MATERIALS: Designing instruction with UDL is easier than ever with these online resources, available as printable downloads: CAST UDL Guidelines; an Identifying Your Resources chart; a UDL design cycle graphic; a UDL lesson plan flowchart; and classroom resource mapping charts for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.

See what’s new in the second edition!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681254098
Publisher:	Brookes Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized leader in universal design for learning (UDL) implementation. A former special education teacher, she held the first known school district-based UDL coordinator position, completed her UDL postdoctoral fellowship at CAST (the creators of UDL), is a member of the CAST Cadre, and is part of the UDL-Implementation and Research Network (IRN) leadership council. She has worked with educators across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Her publications include Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning (Paul H. Brookes Publishing, 2014), “The Role of Technology in Implementing Universal Design for Learning” (Routledge, 2017), Culturally Responsive Design for English Learners: The UDL Approach, and A Tree for All: Your Coloring Book of UDL Principles and Practice (CAST Professional Publishing, 2019). She also hosts the popular UDL in 15 Minutes podcast, heard in over 47 countries, and a new podcast, UDL Research in 15 Minutes. Both can be found at https://theudlapproach.com/podcasts/

David H. Rose is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of CAST.

Read an Excerpt

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Table of Contents

About the Author
Foreword David Rose
Preface
Acknowledgments

I Introducing Universal Design for Learning

1. Introducing Universal Design for Learning
2. The Vocabulary and Myths of Universal Design for Learning

II The Principles of Universal Design for Learning

1. Engagement
2. Representation
3. Action and Expression

III From Planning to Practice

1. Designing with Learning in Mind
2. The Goal and the Lesson

References
Index

Editorial Reviews

If you want to develop a deep understanding of how to create accessible, effective learning environments using the UDL framework, Design & Deliver is your anchor. Read it first.

Patti Kelly Ralabate

Design and Deliver is not only user-friendly, it practices what it preaches, providing a model for how to create universally designed materials. It should be a reference for every teacher providing instruction to students with disabilities.

Michael L. Wehmeyer

“Reading Design and Deliver is like having a friendly conversation with your own personal UDL mentor . . . Writing in a voice that weaves together her research background and classroom experience, Loui Lord Nelson delivers a must-read for teachers.

Katie Novak

Explains UDL in a straightforward, user-friendly, easily understood manner . . . inspires the reader to begin incorporating the UDL principles, guidelines, and checkpoints immediately to reach all learners.

Amy Fuller

“The structures of the UDL framework are made crystal clear through accessible examples, connections to best practices, research that builds the ‘why’ for its use, and approachable language.”

Shannon Carroll-Frey

"Loui Lord Nelson's practical examples and distinctly crafted explanations of UDL as a learning framework, rather than another tool or strategy, is key to this book's applicability to educators in all learning environments. Loui's grasp of UDL is clearly applied in sensible and workable means throughout the book."

State Director, PATINS - ICAM - Daniel G. McNulty

Explains Universal Design in a clear way that not only provides the reader with the vision and confidence to apply this framework, but also instills the belief that it is the right thing to do.

Director of Secondary Education, Hamilton Southeastern Schools - Dr. Dawn McGrath

Not only promotes understanding of the framework of UDL, but through concrete examples and thought-provoking questions, stimulates educators to create and cast their own UDL nets in an effort to catch ALL learners.

Speech Language Pathologist, Upper Canada District School Board and President of Inclusioneers - Alex Dunn

Written to translate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles for layperson and expert alike, Loui Lord Nelson models the framework of UDL through visuals, multiple examples, engaging stories and calls for action and expression in both the physical and virtual classroom . . . The book is sure to be a ‘must have’ for schools in states adopting UDL in their curriculum guidelines.

Katharina I Boser

Informative, approachable, and tangible . . . This book will be, without question, the go-to UDL book for classroom teachers. Thank you, Loui, for taking the guess work out of UDL!

University of Indianapolis - Azure D.S. Angelov

An excellent analysis of the core UDL principles, guidelines, and checkpoints, with multiple examples of how these are applied to the design of any instructional setting. I look forward to incorporating this book into my graduate coursework on UDL.

Adjunct Professor, George Washington University - Fran Smith

Addresses a crucial aspect of sustaining universal design for learning in the classroom . . . This book answers all your questions and gives real world examples.

visiting professor, University of Central Oklahoma - Laura A. Riffel

"Dr. Nelson's clear descriptions and vivid examples will help teachers not only better understand the theory of UDL, but also use it with confidence in their classrooms."

author of Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices - Rachel Janney

Loui Lord Nelson did an amazing job of making Universal Design (UDL) practical. I would recommend to all educators who need a practical understanding of UDL and how to simply implement it into their classroom.

author, The Special Educator’s Toolkit; Assistant Director, Northstar Educational and Therapeutic Center; Owner, E - Cindy Golden

"Provides practical ways of implementing the UDL framework, to make the process of learning more efficient and effective. This book has changed the way that I view my responsibilities and functions an educator within my classroom ecosystem."

teacher, blogger, and graduate instructor - Matt Bergman

Practical implementation strategies for Universal Design for Learning are unearthed in this engaging book . . . As readers learn how to apply the three principles of UDL in their classrooms and instructional design, more learners will begin to experience success.

Program Director, Universal Design for Learning @ OCALI - Jeff McCormick