Students learn best when they feel safe, supported and inspired by their surroundings. Classroom design can profoundly ...

UAB faculty and staff Will Brooks, Ph.D., Heather Patterson, Ph.D., and Nikki Sarabat are members of the inaugural cohort of the Learning Design and Learning Sciences master's pro ...

The environmental products of design major creates design leaders prepared to take on challenges facing humanity and our environment(s) through the rigorous development of design solutions. Students ...

In K–12 schools and higher education environments, acoustics plays a critical role in supporting focus, comprehension, ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to course and learning-environment design that anticipates student differences rather than reacting to it. Instead of creating a “standard” version ...

There are two approaches for supporting students that are based on whether they promote equality, or equity. Equality: Providing equal support to all students. For example, this support could include ...

When students take a course, they experience more than just an interaction with course content. The learning environment includes the intellectual, social, emotional and physical environments of a ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework has become a central tenet in fostering inclusive educational practices that cater to the heterogeneous needs of learners. By promoting flexible ...

Typically, providing equal access in class means providing individual accommodations to every student with a disability. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which originated from the architectural ...