Overview
Looking to increase your understanding and upskill in Universal Design? The Digital Badge in Universal Design provides colleagues with a framework to embed inclusion into their work, to learn from their peers and to redesign their practice. The Badge is a free introductory course on Universal Design for Learning for all those working in Higher and Further Education in the Republic of Ireland and a nationally recognised micro-credential. Over 4,500 individuals have completed this Badge nationally.
Sign up for the national rollout starting 6 October.
You’ll Learn to
The Digital Badge consists of:
- a 10-week programme; roughly 2.5 hrs of work per week
- 5 self-directed online modules and 3 recorded webinars
- 4 peer group meetings online
- a Redesign Activity which is submitted and reviewed before the Digital Badge is awarded
- an optional 5 hour additional Facilitator activity for those who wish to support future rollouts of the Badge.
The programme and content is work based, very practical and flexible. Participants will meet other colleagues from across the sector, learn about different contexts and disciplines, and share ideas and resources. Case studies from around the country provide innovative and creative ways to implement Universal Design in teaching activities.
This Digital Badge for Universal Design in Teaching & Learning:
- Is for those who are primarily involved in teaching learners in a classroom setting.
- Focuses on teaching, learning and assessment.
- Provides faculty and teaching staff with a sustained opportunity to critically reflect on their teaching methods and make changes to the practice by embedding UDL.
- Will enhance your teaching, improve your students’ learning experience and help you improve student engagement.
NB: Participants should have some teaching activity during the course rollout in order to redesign an element of their practice.
On earning your open badge award for this course, you will have achieved further recognition in the following domains of the National Professional Development Framework for Staff who Teach:
- Domain 3 Professional Communication and Dialogue emphasises the importance of excellent, clear and coherent communication skills within the changing learning environment.
- Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills ensures the individual remains current in terms of their professional/disciplinary knowledge and can implement teaching, learning and assessment approaches which promote active learning and are underpinned by a strong evidence base.
- Domain 5 Personal and Professional Digital Capacity recognises explicitly that we live and work in a digital world, and that teachers must develop digital skills that allow them to harness the potential of technology for learning impact.
Course Developers
This open course has been developed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in partnership with:
Ann Heelan
AHEAD: Association for Higher Education Access & Disability
Dara Ryder
AHEAD: Association for Higher Education Access & Disability
Lisa Padden
University College Dublin
Enroll in this Course
Learn as part of a group in an upcoming facilitator led programme
Enrollment
You can signup for the National Rollout at: National Rollout of the Digital Badges in Universal Design 2025
If you have any questions, please email udlbadge@ahead.ie or universityforall@ucd.ie.
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Developer Materials (OER)
All materials generated during the development of this open course have been created (or adapted, subject to licence permissions) for use under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence as open education resources (OER).
Individuals are free to use, share, repurpose, and remix this material. Materials may include face-to-face workshop materials and eLearning materials.
Important: Individuals are required to hold an open course facilitator badge to be eligible to issue open course badges. Learn more