Notes from Universal Design for learning by David Rose

Name: Rob Boyle
Date: 3/3/08
Hour:9pm
Your Mood: tired

Chapter 2 - “What Brain Research Tells us About Learner Differences”

1. Three parts to the brain, each dealing with the environment around them and each student differs in their use of each one of these parts.


Chapter 3 - “Why We Need Flexible Instructional Media”

1. fixed media appears the same to every one, flexible media allows information to be disperced differently.


Chapter 4 - “What is Universal Design for Learning” -

1. Retro fitting to adjust learning to modern times.


Chapter 5 approaches goals - using UDL to set clear goals

1. Setting goals to be more universally designed and understood


Chapter 6 - materials and methods for reaching goals

1. Adjusting material- looking beyond textbook


Chapter 7 - focuses on assessment

1. Assessing students in a universally designed way. Enough variations in the way we assess


Chapter 8 - “Making Universal Design for Learning a Reality.”

1. No perfect example exists. Areas in which thought plays a roll in UDL.