What we think of as traditional classrooms are fading into the past. Rigid classroom designs with rows of forward-facing seats with an instructor at the head of the class are increasingly vestiges of ...

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 ...

For generations, school facilities have been designed for the average student, leaving neurodiverse individuals to struggle in environments that don’t meet their needs. Recently, however, the growing ...

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 ...

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

Here’s how our LMS supports UDL and helps us create an anytime-anywhere learning environment for students who get taught from where they are—not from where we “think” they are ...

Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse range of needs, and helping them succeed isn’t ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...