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2025 Winter Institute

Teaching, Learning, and Neurodiversity

January 9, 2025, 11:00-3:30
Il Monastero

This half-day event will begin with a presentation over lunch to ground participants in a shared set of definitions and approaches surrounding neurodiversity and Universal Design for Learning. The lunch presentations will be followed by three mini-workshops on specific elements of the updated guidelines for UDL as they apply to teaching neurodiverse students. Participants are encouraged to bring their own course materials (e.g., syllabi, assignments, exams) to apply strategies and lessons learned throughout the afternoon.

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Workshops

  • Common Ground: Neurodiversity and Universal Design for Learning
    In this opening presentation, we will establish the shared set of definitions and approaches surrounding neurodiversity and Universal Design for Learning we will use for all of the day’s workshops.
  • Making Course Material Accessible with the UDL Framework
    In this interactive workshop you will identify various design options and considerations for the Access element of the UDL 3.0 framework and review your assignments to apply design options and considerations in keeping with the UDL 3.0 framework.
  • Designing Transparent Assignments: UDL Strategies to Support Student Success
    This workshop focuses on incorporating principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) to design assignments with a clear purpose, instructions, and criteria for success.
  • Designing for Emotion: Goal Setting and Knowledge Building
    In this workshop we will focus on the relationship between learning environments and executive function.  You will apply UDL to support students’ development of effective strategies for goal setting, connecting new learning with existing knowledge, and recognizing the impact of emotions on learning.

Schedule of Events 

11:00  Arrival, Getting Lunch
11:15  Welcome
11:30  Common Ground Presentation
12:00  Break
12:15  Session 1
1:00    Break
1:15    Session 2
2:00    Break
2:15    Session 3
3:00    Break
3:15    Closing Reflection

Registration is required