{"id":1220,"date":"2018-04-12T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2019-09-10T17:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T23:11:55","slug":"sip-7-12-the-difference-between-methodological-variety-and-universal-design-for-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip-7-12-the-difference-between-methodological-variety-and-universal-design-for-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"SIP 7.12 The Difference Between \u201cMethodological Variety\u201d and \u201cUniversal Design for Learning\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Two professors were\u00a0overheard\u00a0chatting about their classes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor A:\u00a0 This semester I am really doing a lot in my classes! Over the course of the semester,\u00a0all of\u00a0my students\u00a0do paired work, group presentations, individual projects, and other fun activities\u00a0in and out of class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor B:\u00a0 Cool! This semester, I am using Universal Design for Learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor A:\u00a0 Isn’t that the same as what I just described?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In fact, methodological variety does\u00a0not<\/i>\u00a0necessarily constitute Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL\u00a0is a set of principles that\u00a0go\u00a0beyond<\/i>\u00a0methodological variety in that its purpose is to make material and concepts accessible to the widest population. UDL seeks to make accommodations for individual students obsolete by incorporating accessibility into the very design of the curriculum and the methods used to teach and learn content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Take a SIP of This: The Difference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Between<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cMethodological Variety\u201d and \u201cUniversal Design for Learning\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n