Postsecondary: Supporting Universal Design for Learning Implementation in Postsecondary Education (Instructor-Led)
June 16, 2025 - August 8, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
To create lasting change and address learner variability, leaders must first understand institutional environments and then plan for change. Implementing UDL effectively supports systems change. This online, facilitated course focuses on tools and strategies that will help leaders analyze the status of institutional practices and leverage that information to support decision making and action steps to help address learner variability. The tools address understanding the user experience and where barriers lie, examining policies and their relationship to practices, considering assessments and planning to engage leaders, the real agents of change, in a community of practice. The course will be structured using a community of practice model where participants share problems of practice from their own settings that will serve as starting points for discussion and brainstorming of potential approaches and solutions with wide applicability.
What you will learn
- How to implement 2–3 tools that help them analyze a learning experience and help themselves and others understand where the barriers are and how to address them.
- Strategies to redesign a core curricular component using UDL and evaluate the results.
- Options to bring theories and practices into design to improve the social nature of learning.
- Practices to plan for UDL implementation and tactics to address pain points, challenges, and barriers.
Registration
Tuition: $1,250 per person; includes Level 2 UDL in Higher Ed Credential
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Prerequisite
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning (Postsecondary)
Who should enroll?
This course is designed for professionals in postsecondary settings who after participating in the introductory course have gained a basic understanding of UDL and accessibility core concepts and are now ready to apply the UDL framework to bring about institutional change that results in more accessible and inclusive environments through changes in policies, procedures, and practices.
Successful completion of Postsecondary: Introduction to Universal Design for Learning is a prerequisite for enrollment in this course.
Course Modules
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- Module 1: Evaluating and Improving Practice Through Journey Mapping
- Module 2: Creating Accessibility Policies That Sustain Inclusive Practices
- Module 3: Assessment: A Case Study of Putting UDL in Action
- Module 4: Building an Interdisciplinary Team for Implementation and Sustainability
This eight-week course consists of four modules, each lasting two weeks in length. We will begin with a 90-minute live Zoom presentation welcoming you to the course and explaining the following eight weeks.
Each module will include 60–90 minutes of self-paced content and one facilitated small group meeting. Small group meetings will occur on a bi-weekly basis.
There will be a second 90-minute live Zoom presentation midway through to the course to gather the large group together for a check-in. Lastly, we will conclude the course with a 90-minute live wrap-up Zoom presentation in August.
All live sessions will be recorded and posted on the website for those who may need to miss a session, though we encourage you to be present, if possible, to get the most from your learning experience.
Live Zoom Session Dates
All presentations will be held from 12:00–1:30 pm ET.
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- Monday, June 16, 2025: Course Kickoff
- Monday, July 14, 2025: Mid-course Check-in
- Friday, August 8, 2025: Course Wrap-Up
Please see CAST’s Course Withdrawal Policy.
Withdrawals must be submitted via email to Monica Pascoa, Workforce Operations and Project Coordinator, at mpascoa@cast.org.
For additional information about our Postsecondary courses, classes, or customized learning opportunities, please contact our Postsecondary Professional Development team, or explore the different ways CAST’s Postsecondary Professional Development can help support your professional development.
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