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Pre-Conference Workshop M6

M6 - From Access to Impact: Hands-On Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Course Designers and Trainers

 Price: 95.00 € Status: places available

OEB speaker Richard Powers

Richard Powers

Professor & Faculty Trainer, University of Stuttgart (Professional School of Education), Germany

From Access to Impact is a hands-on, high-energy workshop where educators and designers bring real course materials and redesign them using Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Through guided tools, peer collaboration, and critical reflection, participants leave with a more inclusive, flexible version of their content – and strategies they can apply immediately.

Agenda:
•    Welcome & Framing UDL (15 min)
•    Introduction to UDL Principles & Toolkit (20 min)
•    Artefact Sharing & Barrier Identification (25 min)
•    Peer Work: Redesigning Artefacts (45 min)
•    Coffee Break (15 min)
•    Feedback Rounds & Final Adjustments (45 min)
•    Wrap-up & Resource Sharing (15 min)

Target Audience:
Educators, Instructional / Learning Designers, Trainers, Learning Architects, Faculty Trainers, and Educational Technologists

Target Audience Sector:
Higher Education, Primary & Secondary Schools, Adult Education / Lifelong Learning, Corporate Trainers

Prerequisite Knowledge:
Basic familiarity with UDL

Expected Outcomes:
•    Leave the workshop with at least one redesigned learning activity or assessment.
•    Identify hidden barriers in instructional materials using the UDL Guidelines.
•    Apply strategies to increase Representation (perception, language, symbols, comprehension).
•    Design for Engagement by enhancing relevance, reducing threats, and offering choices.
•    Rethink assessment and expression to support learner variability and authentic performance.
•    Collaboratively critique and improve materials in a peer-feedback cycle.