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

Richard Powers
Professor & Faculty Trainer, University of Stuttgart (Professional School of Education), Germany
A well-known and recognized e-Learning expert, Prof. Richard Powers is currently a Professor, Trainer and Learning Designer with the Professional School of Education Stuttgart Ludwigsburg in Germany, where he designs blended learning courses to develop competences in digitalization and diversity for pre-service teachers across five universities. He is a German eTwinning Ambassador, training other teacher trainers in Germany. He teaches Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Project-Based Learning with eTwinning & Erasmus+ for Interculturality, and Instructional Design for Digital Accessibility. Prof. Powers won the 2022 Teaching Award for Excellence at Stuttgart University, and the 2023 European Union Award for best Teacher Training Institute for eTwinning Virtual Exchanges. He routinely teaches and trains faculty in Stuttgart and remotely at City Colleges of Chicago how to teach online with Moodle, ILIAS and Brightspace in webinars via Webex and Zoom. In 2025, Prof. Powers co-facilitated UDL training with universities in Ukraine, Malta, Lebanon and Namibia.
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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.