Welcome to the BCcampus Universal Design for Learning (UDL) challenge series for faculty passionate about reducing barriers and enhancing learner voice in your course.
 
UDL Challenge Series Wrap-Up

UDL Challenge Series Wrap-Up

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Congratulations, UDL explorers. You have finally completed the BC Campus UDL Challenge Series!  

We would like to thank you for joining us on this UDL journey. We have learned a lot from you and hope you are taking away some valuable tools for UDL implementation. As you know, reflection is a big part of UDL, so we would like to highlight some of the great ideas that have come out of the challenges. 

We are happy to say the journey doesn’t end here. Best of luck as you continue to build UDL into your practice. 

Highlights

“In challenge two, when we talked about building community, we had a great response from Tracy around asking students about their communication superpower and having students create ‘how tos’ to help their classmates improve that particular skill. This is really inspiring to me as an instructor who teaches communication. Students get the opportunity to be the experts, and I can see how this motivates them as well.”

-Venecia

“In challenge four on enhancing capacity for monitoring progress, Cassie shared an activity called Ask Cassie Anything, which is used at the end of each class. This idea is a simple way to consistently provide space for students to give feedback or ask questions. It will not only help me as an instructor know where my students are but best of all it also normalizes these kinds of check-ins as part of the learning process.”

-Heidi

How to Keep the Momentum Going

  • This challenge series is open source, so we encourage everyone to come back to it whenever they want. 
  • Get together with colleagues and share ideas and resources. It’s much more fun! 
  • Use Dr. Thomas Tobin’s 20-20-20 advice from his book Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone, where he asks: What can you do in 20 minutes? What can you do in 20 days? What can you do in 20 months? Start small. Do what you can with the time you have and build from there. Remember, even a small improvement will enhance students’ experience. 

Explore

Read: Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling.