Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice

Great book for both those new to Universal Design for Learning and those who have a working knowledge of it. I find this book is easy to read for both those new to the topic and those that have been around the block. I use it as the required text for the Universal Design for Learning class that I teach in the Masters of Education program and then supplement with additional resources from the CAST website. If you are involved in education or training in anyway this is a great book to add to your toolbox.

This is a clear and thoughtful presentation of the principles of universal design in education. It also practices what it preaches. The electronic version has links to a number of relevant videos and other support information to provide for different ways of understanding the information. A great way to begin a study on this issue.

Anne Meyer and David Rose were pioneers in creating methods for utilizing technology to enable persons with a variety of disabilities to access learning. Endorsed by the Department of Education, programs developed by their co-founded organization, CAST ( the Center for Applied Special Technology) have been expanded from benefiting a limited constituency to becoming truly beneficial to the larger community of learners. Teachers, social workers, and technology professionals will find this updated resource based on CAST's well-documented work to be readable and applicable to many aspects of education.

I was expecting much more information on application of UDL. Instead this is just patting itself on the back praising the wonderful merits of UDL and why it's needed. The reason I got this is because I already believe in UDL and wanted more application information! Of seven chapters I found only two of them to have any useful information in them and even that was very primary information.The book is clearly designed as an afterthought to the online edition of this (which is free by the way) and includes links to videos in the book that clearly can't be clicked in a book format.All-in-all this is a very disappointing book. It may be good to hand to a fellow educator that is not familiar with UDL or new teachers starting an education program.

I wish it gave more specific examples of how to implement but it was better then expected. Slow to start.

This book is a must-have if you are working on designing apps or services for children.

This book is a great resource for educators at all levels who are interested in learning more about Universal Design for Learning. Information is presented in a straightforward manner. Allows readers to easily implement UDL strategies in the classroom.

Used for class.. great read, useful information

It was ok. I have many books on UDL and this is not one I would recommend to others. I did not finish reading it.

The two stars here does not relate in any way to the content. I was effectively unable to read the Kindle version as for some reason it had QR codes in various paces obscuring the text. I will return the item for a refund.