This fun, dynamic presentation covers the 2024 revisions to CAST.org's Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework (3.0), updating 2018's UDL 2.2 version. In a dynamic, interactive setting, participants will learn about the revisions and how an American college and a German university are training faculty & students about the revisions.

This fun, dynamic and interactive workshop focuses on CAST.org's Universal Design for Learning (UDL) revised framework and shows how it transforms traditional learning and teaching by not making the learner the problem. The new framework puts cultural variability alongside learner variability, removing "checkpoints" in favor of "prompts" that encourage educators at all levels to address biases, threats and distractions in the classroom directly for better learner engagement, leading to lifelong learning attitudes. The UDL Guidelines, Version 2.2 (CAST.org, 2018), were updated and released in 2024 after a 4-year long comprehensive study and review of cultural variability literature signalled by co-founder David Ross's November 2021 essay, "Rise to Equity." This presentation focuses on the changes, something all interested in UDL, will want to discuss. The presentation highlights the revisions and includes what City Colleges of Chicago in the United States and Stuttgart University in Germany is doing for faculty and student training and awareness to ensure all know about the revisions. The presenter teaches at Stuttgart University in Germany and remote/online with City Colleges of Chicago. The double perspective of how colleges in two countries are exploring the revisions and providing training gives participants ideas and ways to exchange and network through various CAST.org Special Interest Groups (Adult Education, Implementation, Research). The 3.0 revisions highlight empathy, play and a sense of joy for lesson design so all feel welcome in schools and universities. Schools today are microcosms of society; UDL's three principles of Engagement, Representation and Action & Expression help us deal with the challenges of today's multicultural, digitalized, neurodiverse classrooms. Moving away from rigid authority, "one-size-fits-all" traditional educational practices of textbooks and tests, UDL is a beacon towards building resilience through anti-fragile classrooms with design options for building knowledge instead of comprehension, interaction and learner strategic development. The presentation defines UDL, covers a brief history, explores the revisions to the three principles in an informal, engaging workshop environment with collaborative activities (live voting, small group activities) and personal reflection (think pair, share, present). The session demonstrates why now, more than ever, UDL 3.0 is so important to make all learners feel welcome and important in the classroom, regardless of their learning preferences and cultural variability. The session shows how focusing on learning rather than teaching helps educators and administrators improve institutions, educator training and helps learners learn how to learn (UDL's greatest emphasis). Participants will enjoy themselves in a friendly and inspiring atmosphere as we exchange ideas and reflections with each other about the revisions. Online Information and Background about the Presenter: "Online-Live" Blended Learning Higher Education UDL Course for Pre-Service Teachers (recorded presentation): https://udl-irn.org/implementation-sig/ "Introduction to UDL": https://www.beschaeftigte.uni-stuttgart.de/en/news/event/Einfuehrung-in-das- Universal-Design-for-Learning-UDL/ "10 Steps to Online Course Design": https://feedbackfruits.com/podcast/episode-13-10-steps-for-online-course-design-with-richard-powers "UDL in Germany: A Success Story": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UfagqCzKg "OEB '23 Swapcard": https://app.swapcard.com/event/oeb-2023/person/RXZlbnRQZW9wbGVfMjUzMjE4OTc=