Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Day
UDL Day - April 11, 2025
Empowering Educators: Practical Strategies for ADA Compliance and UDL Implementation
Keynote Speaker
Luis Perez, Ph.D., CPWA
As the Director of Disability & Accessibility for CAST, Luis promotes the creation, delivery and use of high quality accessible educational materials and technologies to support learning opportunities for all students. Luis is embedded with the Postsecondary and Workforce Development group at CAST that works to increase access to middle- and high-income careers for everyone, including people with disabilities. Luis’s perspective is informed by his own experiences as a person with a disability and multilingual learner. Luis was recognized with an ISTE Making It Happen! Award in 2020, and he. has published three books on accessibility, mobile learning, and UDL: Mobile Learning for All (Corwin Press), Dive into UDL (ISTE) and Learning on the Go (CAST Publishing). He currently serves as a Transition and Workplace Accessibility strand advisor for the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA).
Event Description
TLOS Accessible Technologies, Undergraduate Education, and Services for Students with Disabilities, collaboratively invite faculty members, administrators, staff, and graduate teaching assistants to participate in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Day 2025. The theme of UDL Day is Empowering Educators: Practical Strategies for ADA Compliance and UDL Implementation.
This in-person and hands-on workshop aims to equip participants with
the technologies, strategies, and resources available at Virginia Tech.
methods to align teaching practices with digital accessibility requirements and UDL principles.
tactics to proactively support all learners and individualized accommodation needs.
best practices to reduce educational barriers and make course materials accessible.
Seating is limited to 70 participants. All attendees will receive a digital badge and faculty will earn eight computer refresh credits with full participation. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. Registration is required..
Date: April 11, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: North End Center Rooms 2410 and 2420, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Contact: Pearl Xie, Director of Universal Design for Learning & Accessibility Services, xiejr@vt.edu
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please make your request on the event registration form. Submit questions, concerns, or requests for more information to tlos@vt.edu.