This card is designed to assist you in unpacking one element of Principle 1 – universal design for learning. It briefly describes the principle and then offers some possible practices that help in making learning accessible and successful for all. It asks some questions to progress thinking about practice and provides some links for further information.

BCITO | Te Pūkenga workplace learning advisors held a workshop to discuss the ways in which their existing practice aligns with Ako Explored principles. They found many synergies which reaffirmed their practice, although their context requires a learning approach quite different to class-based learning and teaching.

Dr Marcia Leenen-Young's teaching practice is wrapped around an intimate understanding of Ako (learning and teaching) and the key roles both kaiako (educators) and ākonga (learners) play in the learning and teaching process.