ADCET Universal Design for Learning Symposium 2024

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In early June, the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) will run its second annual Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium: Cultivating Creativity, Connections & Confidence in the Australian Tertiary Education Sector.

The symposium, hosted by ADCET in partnership with RMIT will run in-person at RMIT in Melbourne and online.  It will feature Dr Thomas Tobin from the University of Madison Wisconsin as its keynote speaker.

UDL is an approach that can be used to develop teaching material that's ready for all students to engage with—and that any student can get the most from—without needing additional interventions or accommodations.

More broadly—including in the design of built environments—Universal Design seeks to provide:

  • Equitable, flexible, simple, and intuitive use,
  • Perceptible information,
  • Tolerance for error,
  • Low physical effort requirements,
  • Suitable size and space for use.

And UDL builds on these principles by offering students:

  • Multiple means of representation,
  • Multiple means of engagement,
  • Multiple means of expression.

By catering to diverse abilities, backgrounds, and learning styles, UDL can help engage and motivate every student in your cohort. And by focusing on inclusion from the outset, UDL can help avoid the need for duplication of effort down the track.

For early-bird registrations prices—or to submit an abstract for a presentation or workshop—please see ADCET's symposium website.

As well as attending this year's symposium to find out more about how you can apply UDL to your subject, you can also: